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D. (1944). A systematic study of the Pacific tunas. Calif: Div. Fish Game. Fish Bull. 60, 1- 13 1. Graham, J. B. (1973). Heat exchange in the black skipjack and the blood-gas relationship of warmbodied fishes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 70, 1964-1967. Graham, J. El. (1975). Heat exchange in the yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacures, and skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, and the adaptive significance of elevated body temperatures in scombrid fishes. Fish. Bull. US. 73, 219-229. Graham, J. , and Dickson, K.
In this situation, increased homoplasy in transitions can mask the phylogenetic signal of transversions, thus distorting the relationships among taxa in the deeper nodes of the tree. Finnerty and Block (1995, Figure 4) made an attempt to recover the true tree by weighting transitions and transversions based on their frequency of occurrence. However, the deeper nodes of the tree remained unresolved. Finnerty and Block (1995) also constructed a phylogeny using only amino acid sequences in an attempt to examine the deeper nodes.
Standard and Routine Metabolic Rate B. Maximum Metabolic Rate C. Scaling of Metabolic Rate D. Temperature Effects on Metabolic Rate E. Hypoxia Effects on Metabolic Rate F. Metabolic Rate and Swimming Velocity IV. Oxygen Uptake and Delivery V. Metabolic Capacity of Tissues A. Red Muscle B. White Muscle C. Other Tissues VI. Multiple Metabolic Demands A. 1 B. Growth and Reproduction (R,,,) C. Oxygen Debt Recovery (R,) D. Modeling Multiple Metabolic Costs VII. Discussion and Conclusions A. How Does the Metabolic Rate of Tunas Compare with Other Fishes?
