Discontinuous gas exchange in the pseudoscorpion Garypus californicus is regulated by hypoxia, not hypercapnia

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-349

  Lighton, John R B ^a   Joos, Barbara ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARACHNID; GAS EXCHANGE;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; HYPERCAPNIA; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ARACHNIDA; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYPERCAPNIA; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; GARYPUS; GARYPUS CALIFORNICUS; HEXAPODA; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0036660038     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342252     Document Type: Article

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