Discontinuous gas exchange in insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 309-324

  Lighton, John R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic rate; Spiracles; Tracheae; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

ANIMAL; INSECT; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; INSECTS; OXYGEN; WATER;

EID: 0029687880     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.en.41.010196.001521     Document Type: Article

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