Metabolic depression induced by urea in organs of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica: Effects of season and temperature

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-116

  Muir, Timothy J ^a   Costanzo, Jon P ^a   Lee Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FROG; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HIBERNATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; STOMACH; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DEHYDRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART; HIBERNATION; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; RANIDAE; SEASONS; SKIN; STOMACH; TEMPERATURE; UREA;

EID: 53549090956     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.436     Document Type: Article

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