The interplay of cutaneous water loss, gas exchange and blood flow in the toad, Bufo woodhousei: Adaptations in a terrestrially adapted amphibian

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-112

  Burggren, Warren W ^a   Vitalis, Timothy Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Dehydration; Skin gas exchange

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ISOPRENALINE; PHENTOLAMINE;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; THERMOREGULATION; TOAD; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUFONIDAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEHYDRATION; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; ISOPROTERENOL; NEVADA; PHENTOLAMINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT; SKIN; VASODILATION; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO WOODHOUSII;

EID: 13644254647     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01349     Document Type: Article

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