Metabolism and metabolic scaling in marine invertebrates : the effects of temperature and ocean acidification

Physiological responses will determine many aspects of species' ecology in a changed environment. A major factor influencing metabolism is body size, but metabolic scaling has 11istorically been considered to be an equal mechanistic 'law' in all organisms. Th is thesis instead shows m...

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Main Author: Carey, Nicholas Joseph
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602455