Acid-base balance and temperature in a predominantly skin-breathing salamander, cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Blood gases and pH and plasma [Na +], [K +], [Cl −] and [lactate] were measured on arterial blood of the large predominantly skin-breathing salamander, the hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), at 5, 15 and 25°C, both with and without access to air. Access to air had no effect on any of the aci...

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