Heart rate and body weight alterations in juvenile specimens of the tropical land snail Megalobulimus sanctipauli during dormancy

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 959-967

  Rizzatti, A C S ^a   Romero, S M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Dormancy; Heart rate; Megalobulimus sanctipauli; Snail; Starvation

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MEGALOBULIMUS; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDRATION; HEART RATE; HIBERNATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SNAIL; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDRATION; HEART RATE; HIBERNATION; SEASONS; SNAILS; STARVATION;

EID: 0035404453     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000700015     Document Type: Article

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