How a turtle's shell helps it survive prolonged anoxic acidosis

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 181-185

  Jackson, Donald C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034416211     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2000.15.4.181     Document Type: Article

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