Bimodal breathing in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulatus Dana 1851 - Physiological and morphological studies

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-349

  Halperin, J ^a   Ansaldo, M ^b   Pellerano, G N ^a   Luquet, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Bimodal breathing; Branchiostegal lungs; Carbon dioxide; Chasmagnathus granulatus; Crab; Gas exchange; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS EXCHANGE; HEMOLYMPH; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0034233346     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00216-6     Document Type: Article

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