Linkages among Mitochondrial Form, Function and Thermal Tolerance of Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes

• Main Author: O'Brien, Kristin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2013
• Subjects: Pot; Trawl; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Biology; Southern Ocean; Biosphere; Cryosphere; Oceans; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; Antarc*; Icefish
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600084

Abstract: Antarctic notothenioid fishes have evolved in the Southern Ocean for 10-14 MY under an unusual set of circumstances. Their characteristics include the complete absence of the circulating oxygen-binding protein, hemoglobin (Hb) within the Channichthyid (Icefish) family of notothenioids. Mor...