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ventricle = .119 + .003 • BW (g); RA2 = .786 (CG)
ventricle = .248 + .001 • BW (g); RA2 = .973 (DM)
ventricle = -.073 + .001 • BW (g); RA2 = .87 (NG)
ventricle = -.017 + .001 • BW (g); RA2 = .972 (NR)
ventricle = .044 + .003 • BW (g); RA2 = .943 (CA)
R.F. Robertson et al.
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Fig. 1. Scaling of ventricle mass with body mass. CA, Chaenocephalus aceratus; CG,
Champsocephalus gunnari; DM, Dissostichus mawsoni; NG, Gobionotothen (Notothenia)
gibberifrons; NR, Notothenia rossii; BW, body weight
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BW(g)
total muscle (g) = 1.366 + .291 • BW (g); RA2 = .995 (CG)
total muscle (g) = 19.932 + .269' BW (g); RA2 = .995 (OM)
total muscle (g) = -1.703 + .272' BW (g); RA2 = .986 (NG)
total muscle (g) = -1.342 + .267 • BW (g); RA2 = .963 (NR)
total muscle (g) = -2.378 + .249 • BW (g); RA2 = .989 (CA)
Fig. 2. Relative skeletal muscle mass. CA, Chaenocephalus aceratus; CG,
Champsocephalus gunnari; DM, Dissostichus mawsoni; NG, Gobionotothen (Notothenia)
gibberifrons; NR, Notothenia rossii; BW, body weight
Scaling of individual lateral (Fig_ 3) and medial (Fig. 4) pectoral muscles
also showed little evidence for species specificity in scaling, with different
slopes reflecting the relative mass of individual muscles. Medial muscles,