Metabolic and respiratory status of cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 623-630

  Innis, Charles J ^a   Tlusty, Michael ^a   Merigo, Constance ^a   Weber, E Scott ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base status; Blood gas; Cold stunning; Kemp's ridley sea turtle; Lepidochelys kempii

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; LACTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING; COLD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDES; COLD TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; RESPIRATION; SODIUM; TURTLES;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34547109839     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0160-9     Document Type: Article

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