Metabolic scaling associated with unusual size changes during larval development of the frog, Pseudis paradoxus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1651-1661

  De Souza, Silvia Cristina R ^a   Kuribara, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anuran; Glycogen; Hypoxia; Lactate; Metabolic rate; Metamorphosis; Oxygen uptake; Pseudis paradoxus; Scaling

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN; LACTATES; LARVA; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CACOSTERNUM; PSEUDIS PARADOXA;

EID: 33744779900     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02195     Document Type: Article

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