Changes in pulmonary blood flow do not affect gas exchange during intermittent ventilation in resting turtles

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3759-3763

  Wang, Tobias ^a,b   Hicks, James W ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac shunt; Co2 excretion; Gas exchange; Left to right shunt; Periodic ventilation; Pulmonary blood flow; Reptile; Respiratory gas exchange ratio; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; LUNG; OXYGEN; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TURTLES;

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57149109619     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.021089     Document Type: Article

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