Buccal oscillation and lung ventilation in a semi-aquatic turtle, Platysternon megacephalum

Zoology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-152

  Druzisky, Kelly A ^a   Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buccal oscillation; Buccal pumping; Chelonia; Lung ventilation; Respiration; Testudines; Tidal volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044529900     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00015     Document Type: Article

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