Hypoxia tolerance in elasmobranchs. I. Critical oxygen tension as a measure of blood oxygen transport during hypoxia exposure

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-102

  Speers Roesch, Ben ^a   Richards, Jeffrey G ^a   Brauner, Colin J ^a   Farrell, Anthony P ^a   Hickey, Anthony J R ^b   Wang, Yuxiang S ^c   Renshaw, Gillian M C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CO 2; Energy metabolism; Fish; Haematology; Haemoglobin; Metabolic rate; P50; P crit; PH; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD; ELASMOBRANCHII; FEMALE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BASAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELASMOBRANCHII; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; APTYCHOTREMA ROSTRATA; ELASMOBRANCHII; HEMISCYLLIUM; HEMISCYLLIUM OCELLATUM; PISCES;

EID: 84855360870     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.059642     Document Type: Article

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