A stressful shortness of breath: Molting disrupts breathing in the mayfly Cloeon dipterum

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 695-699

  Camp, A A ^a   Funk, D H ^b   Buchwalter, D B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeroptera; molting; oxygen consumption; respirometry; temperature; thermal biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906662519     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677899     Document Type: Article

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