Temperature and acid-base balance in ectothermic vertebrates: The imidazole alphastat hypotheses and beyond

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3587-3600

  Burton, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid base balance; Alphastat; Amphibian; Carbon dioxide tension; Cell pH; Fish; Imidazole alphastat; pH; Reptiles; Temperature; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; IMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FISH; HOMEOSTASIS; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; PH; REPTILE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOREGULATION;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BICARBONATES; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BUFFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FISHES; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMIDAZOLES; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPTILES; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036909568     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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