The effects of short- and long-term hypoxia on hemolymph gas values in the american horseshoe crab (limulus polyphemus) using a point-of-care analyzer

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Allender, Matthew C ^a,c   Schumacher, Juergen ^a   George, Robert ^b   Milam, Jennifer ^b   Odoi, Agricola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidosis; American horseshoe crab; Hypercapnia; Hypoxia; Limulus polyphemus; Point of care analyzer

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LIMULUS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HORSESHOE CRABS; MALE; OXYGEN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953570377     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0175R2.1     Document Type: Article

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