The ventilatory responses of the caecilian Typhlonectes natans to hypoxia and hypercapnia

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-29

  Gardner, Manuela N ^a,c   Smits, Allan W ^b   Smatresk, Neal J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; HYPERCAPNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; HYPERCAPNIA; RESPIRATION; TIDAL VOLUME;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CAECILIA; TYPHLONECTES NATANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034096070     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316716     Document Type: Article

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