The effect of graded hypoxia on the metabolic rate and buccal activity of a lungless salamander (Desmognathus fuscus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 3785-3793

  Sheafor, E A ^a   Wood, S C ^a   Tattersall, G J ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnoea; Buccal pump; Desmognathus fuscus; Hypoxia; Hypoxic ventilatory response; Metabolic rate; Plethodontidae; Salamander

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONVALESCENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; LUNG; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; APNEA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; LUNG; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATION; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034491523     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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