High thermal sensitivity of blood enhances oxygen delivery in the high-flying bar-headed goose

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2172-2175

  Meir, Jessica U ^a,b   Milsom, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anser indicus; Blood oxygen affinity; CO2 Bohr effect; High altitude; Oxygen hemoglobin equilibrium curve; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANSER INDICUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD-OXYGEN AFFINITY; CELL HYPOXIA; CO2 BOHR EFFECT; COLD; FLYING; FUNCTIONS OF THE HEMIC, LYMPHATIC AND RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEMS; GOOSE; LUNG; METABOLISM; OXYGEN-HEMOGLOBIN EQUILIBRIUM CURVE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANSER INDICUS; BLOOD-OXYGEN AFFINITY; CO2 BOHR EFFECT; HIGH ALTITUDE; OXYGEN-HEMOGLOBIN EQUILIBRIUM CURVE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL HYPOXIA; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEESE; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUNG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANSER; ANSER INDICUS; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878557491     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085282     Document Type: Article

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