Cardiorespiratory synchrony in turtles

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1791-1800

  Wang, Tobias ^a,b   Hicks, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiorespiratory coupling; cardiovascular; intracardiac shunts; reptile; Trachemys scripta; turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DIVING; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; DIVING; HEART RATE; RESPIRATION; STROKE VOLUME; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030219880     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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