Analysis of cutaneous and internal gill gas exchange morphology in early larval amphibians, Pseudophryne bibronii and Crinia georgiana

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 813-820

  Mueller, Casey A ^a,b   Seymour, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Cutaneous; Diffusion; Gas exchange; Internal gills; Larval morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; DIFFUSION; GAS; GILL; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CAPILLARIES; DIFFUSION; GASES; GILLS; LARVA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; CRINIA GEORGIANA; PSEUDOPHRYNE;

EID: 84870282805     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0667-6     Document Type: Article

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