Gas exchange, hypercarbia and acid-base balance, paleoecology, and the evolutionary transition from water-breathing to air-breathing among vertebrates

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 1-27

  Ultsch, Gordon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA;

ACID/BASE BALANCE; AMPHIBIAN; EVOLUTION; GAS EXCHANGE; HYPERCARBIA; PALAEOECOLOGY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0030176772     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(96)00121-6     Document Type: Article

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