Seasonal changes in the cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic responses to temperature and hypoxia in the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 761-768

  Rocha, Priscila L ^a   Branco, Luiz G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acid base status; Blood pressure; Breathing frequency; Bullfrog; Heart rate; Oxygen consumption; Plasma glucose; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; FROG; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANA CATESBEIANA; RESPIRATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032031835     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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