Freeze tolerance and cryoprotectant mobilization in the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-225

  Layne Jr , Jack R ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; FREEZING; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZING; GLYCEROL; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLASMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033557145     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990215)283:3<221::AID-JEZ1>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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