Investigating onychophoran gas exchange and water balance as a means to inform current controversies in arthropod physiology

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3139-3146

  Clusella Trullas, Susana ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cuticular water loss; Discontinuous gas exchange; Hypoxia; Invertebrate; Metabolism; Respiratory water loss; Respirometry; Velvet worm

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMIDITY; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATOPSIS CAPENSIS;

EID: 55549091436     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.021907     Document Type: Article

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