Blue blood on ice: modulated blood oxygen transport facilitates cold compensation and eurythermy in an Antarctic octopod

INTRODUCTION: The Antarctic Ocean hosts a rich and diverse fauna despite inhospitable temperatures close to freezing, which require specialist adaptations to sustain animal activity and various underlying body functions. While oxygen transport has been suggested to be key in setting thermal toleranc...

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Autores principales: Oellermann, Michael, Lieb, Bernhard, Pörtner, Hans-O, Semmens, Jayson M, Mark, Felix C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25897316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-015-0097-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25897316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-015-0097-x

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