Aquatic life at high altitude: Respiratory adaptations in the lake titicaca frog, Telmatobius culeus

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1976, Pages 115-129

  Hutchison, Victor H ^a   Haines, Howard B ^a   Engbretson, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation to high altitude; Amphibians life; Bohr effect; Buffering capacity; Hemoglobin; P50; Red cell count; Skin respiration

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE; BOHR EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; SKIN RESPIRATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANURA; BOLIVIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0017138267     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(76)90022-0     Document Type: Article

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