Seasonal changes in blood oxygen transport and acid-base status in the tegu lizard, Tupinambis merianae

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-208

  Andrade, Denis V ^a   Brito, Simone P ^a   Toledo, Luís Felipe ^a   Abe, Augusto S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acid base balance, reptiles; Adaptation, seasonal; Blood, oxygen transport, temperature, Bohr effects; Metabolism, depression; Reptiles, Teiidae (Tupinambis merianae)

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GAS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; DORMANCY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LIZARD; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TUPINAMBIS MERIANAE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIZARDS; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 2342556421     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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