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Hibernation in an Antarctic Fish: On Ice for Winter

Active metabolic suppression in anticipation of winter conditions has been demonstrated in species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, but not fish. This is because the reduction in metabolic rate in fish is directly proportional to the decrease in water temperature and they appear to be inc...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Hamish A., Fraser, Keiron P. P., Bishop, Charles M., Peck, Lloyd S., Egginton, Stuart
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2254195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18320061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001743