... respiratory motor processes following cold-submergence. Unlike mammalian hibernators with unloaded limb muscles and inactive locomotor systems, respiratory mechanics of frogs counterintuitively allow for ventilatory maneuvers when submerged. Thus, we hypothesized that bullfrogs generate respiratory motor...

...Heidy L. Contreras; Timothy J. Bradley SUMMARY We have examined the effects of temperature on metabolic rate and respiratory pattern in the water strider Aquarius remigis . As temperature was increased from 10 to 30°C, the metabolic rate of the insects increased and the respiratory pattern...

... 2003 2003 amphibian Bufo cardiovascular respiratory anaemia hypoxia cardiac shunt Several studies have shown that anurans (frogs and toads) increase ventilation, heart rate ( f H) and pulmocutaneous blood flow( Q̇ pc ) in response to low oxygen levels ( Boutilier and Toews,1977...