Comparative shell buffering properties correlate with anoxia tolerance in freshwater turtles

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Jackson, Donald C ^a   Taylor, Sarah E ^a   Asare, Vivian S ^a,b   Villarnovo, Dania ^a,c   Gall, Jonathan M ^a   Reese, Scott A ^a,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone buffering; Bone carbon dioxide; Bone carbonate; Bone mineral; Calcium; pH stat

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; SURVIVAL; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TURTLE; TURTLE SHELL;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BUFFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MINERALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES;

EID: 33846787000     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00519.2006     Document Type: Article

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