Ventilation and acid-base recovery following exhausting activity in an air-breathing fish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1359-1368

  Burleson, Mark L ^a   Shipman, Bradley N ^a   Smatresk, Neal J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Control of breathing; Exercise; Gar; Hypoxia; Lepisosteus oculatus; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031803582     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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