Physiological ecology of aquatic overwintering in ranid frogs

Biological Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-140

  Tattersall, Glenn J ^a   Ultsch, Gordon R ^b,c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical oxygen tension; Frog; Hibernation; Hypoxia tolerance; Metabolic suppression; North temperate amphibian; Overwintering; Submergence

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLYCOGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANOXIA; AQUATIC FAUNA; CLIMATE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUID BALANCE; FROG; HYPOXIA; LIPID STORAGE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METAMORPHOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BASAL METABOLISM; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; IMMERSION; MALE; OXYGEN; RANIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANIDAE;

EID: 42649101323     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00035.x     Document Type: Review

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