Balancing hypoxia and hypothermia in cold-submerged frogs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1031-1038

  Tattersall, G J ^a   Boutilier, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acid base balance; behavioural hypothermia; frog; hibernation; overwintering; oxygen; Rana temporaria; temperature

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COLD; FROG; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION; KINETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION; KINETICS; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANA TEMPORARIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0031106001     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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