Intragel oxygen promotes hypoxia tolerance of scyphomedusae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2475-2482

  Thuesen, Erik V ^a   Rutherford Jr , Ladd D ^a   Brommer, Patricia L ^a   Garrison, Kurt ^b   Gutowska, Magdalena A ^c   Towanda, Trisha ^a  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Academia Cotopaxi   (Ecuador)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical partial pressure; Gel; Hypoxia; Jellyfish; Metabolic rate; Oxyregulation; Scyphomedusae

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCYPHOZOA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SCYPHOZOA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASHINGTON;

AURELIA LABIATA; CHRYSAORA QUINQUECIRRHA; CYANEA CAPILLATA; PHACELLOPHORA CAMTSCHATICA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 21244493819     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01655     Document Type: Article

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