Seasonal changes in the cardiorespiratory responses to hypercarbia and temperature in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-229

  Bícego Nahas, Kênia C ^a   Branco, Luiz G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial pH; Blood gases; Blood pressure; Breathing frequency; Bullfrog; Heart rate; Hematocrit; Hypercarbia; Seasonal variations; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; BULLFROG; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WINTER;

RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0344117524     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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