Effects of feeding on arterial blood gases in the American alligator Alligator mississippiensis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3117-3124

  Busk, M ^a   Overgaard, J ^a   Hicks, J W ^a   Bennett, A F ^a   Wang, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Alkaline tide'; Acid base balance; Alligator; Alligator mississippiensis; Arterial blood gases; Blood oxygen binding; Feeding; Gas exchange; Reptile; Specific dynamic action

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIGESTION; FOOD; HEMATOCRIT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BICARBONATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGESTION; FOOD; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA;

EID: 0033731946     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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