Bioenergetics is the study of energy transformations in a living organism. It encompasses the fundamental energy-harvesting processes of photosynthesis and respiration, as well as other metabolic reactions that require or release energy. Energy in a...

Just as an internal combustion engine requires fuel to do work, animals need fuel to power their body processes. Animals take in complex molecules as food and break them down to release the energy they contain. This process is called...

Bioenergetics is the subject of a field of biochemistry that concerns energy flow through living systems. This is an active area of biological research that includes the study of thousands of different cellular processes such as cellular respiration and...

Geographic variation in thermal environment may significantly influence the energetics of ectotherms, and thus may serve as a mechanism for geographic variation in growth and reproduction. Thermal environment affects body temperature ([T.sub.b]) that, in turn, has consequences both for the amount of time available...

Abstract--Fish bioenergetics models estimate relationships between energy budgets and environmental and physiological variables. This study presents a generic rockfish (Sebastes) bioenergetics model and estimates energy consumption by northern California blue rockfish (S. mystinus) under average (baseline) and El Nino conditions. Compared to males,...