Temperature independence of aquatic oxygen uptake in an air-breathing ectotherm and the implications for dive duration

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-45

  Pratt, Kirstin L ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bimodal respiration; Cutaneous gas exchange; Diving; Hypoxia; Reptile; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR BREATHING SPECIES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; GAS EXCHANGE; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACROCHORDUS ARAFURAE; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77549084184     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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