Haemolymph acid-base status, tracheal gas levels and the control of post-exercise ventilation rate in grasshoppers

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 391-399

  Krolikowski, Katherine ^a   Harrison, Jon F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensory feedback; Grasshopper; Locomotion; Melanoplus differentialis; pH; Regulation of ventilation; Schistocerca americana; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030039074     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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