Ventilation and gas exchange during treadmill locomotion in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1671-1678

  Farmer, Colleen G ^a   Carrier, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Alligator mississippiensis; Carbon dioxide excretion; Hyperventilation; Locomotion; Oxygen consumption; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; EXERTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034123864     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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