Ionic exchanges of turtle shell in vitro and their relevance to shell function in the anoxic turtle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 513-520

  Jackson, Donald C ^a   Goldberger, Zachary ^a   Visuri, Susanna ^a   Armstrong, Ryan N ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base; Bone; Calcium; Chrysemys picta bellii; Demineralization; Lactate; Mineral; Turtle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033052730     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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