Lactate sequestration by osteoderms of the broad-nose caiman, Caiman latirostris, following capture and forced submergence

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3601-3606

  Jackson, Donald C ^a   Andrade, Denis V ^b   Abe, Augusto S ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acid base; Acidosis; Bone buffering; Bone minerals; Caiman latirostris; Crocodilian; Dermal bone; Diving; Lactic acid; Osteoderm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LACTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ALLIGATOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMERSION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM; IMMERSION; LACTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CAIMAN; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242275418     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00611     Document Type: Article

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