Living without oxygen: Lessons from the freshwater turtle

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-315

  Jackson, Donald C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base balance; Anaerobiosis; Anoxia; Bone; Buffering; Lactic acid; Metabolic depression; Metabolic rate; Strong ion difference; Turtle shell

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; ANOXIA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METABOLIC RATE; MINERAL BALANCE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034050234     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00160-4     Document Type: Review

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