Oxygen uptake in bullfrog tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-134

  Crowder, William C ^a,b   Nie, Minghua ^a,c   Ultsch, Gordon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; WATER;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; FROG; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; LACTATES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RANA CATESBEIANA; RESPIRATION; WATER;

EID: 0032008246     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980201)280:2<121::AID-JEZ3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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