Seasonal changes in the diving performance of the bimodally respiring freshwater turtle Rheodytes leukops in a natural setting

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 617-625

  Gordos, Matthew A ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

RESPIRATION;

ECOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR; DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER; RESPIRATION; SEASONALITY; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

RHEODYTES LEUKOPS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037929946     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-037     Document Type: Article

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