Metabolic depression during aestivation in Cyclorana alboguttata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-563

  Kayes, Sara M ^a   Cramp, Rebecca L ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Amphibian; Cyclorana alboguttata; Down regulation; Morphology; Organ size; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLORANA ALBOGUTTATA; DORMANCY; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FROG; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; KIDNEY; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METABOLIC RATE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SMALL INTESTINE; UPREGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CYCLORANA ALBOGUTTATA;

EID: 71549129618     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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