Oxygen transfer during aerobic exercise in a varanid lizard Varanus mertensi is limited by the circulation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2725-2736

  Frappell, Peter ^a   Schultz, Tim ^a   Christian, Keith ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood gas; Breathing pattern; Exercise; Lung diffusion; Oxygen affinity; Oxygen consumption; Oxygen transport; P50; Reptile; Varanus mertensi; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; EXERCISE; HEART OUTPUT; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; LUNG VOLUME; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT; EXERTION; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VARANUS; VARANUS EXANTHEMATICUS; VARANUS MERTENSI;

EID: 0036733548     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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