Changing respiratory importance of gills, lungs and skin during metamorphosis in the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana

Author(s)
Burggren, Warren W., and Nigel H. West
Year
Article Title
Changing respiratory importance of gills, lungs and skin during metamorphosis in the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
Volume
47
Pages
151-164
Start Page Number
151
Final Page
164
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Species: Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus formerly Rana catesbeiana)
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Endpoint Value Sample Size Units Life Cycle Stage Type
Surface Area Mean total skin surface area measured by removing skin; air-breathing tadpole body weight 4.48 g +/- 0.31 SE 15.09 20 cm2 Tadpole Exposure Factor Datasets
Metabolic Rate Mean total oxygen uptake at 20C (summed from skin and gill uptake), aquatic tadpole (stage IV-V) body weight = 3.6 g +/- 1.03 SE 5.9 6 umol O2/g/hr Tadpole Exposure Factor Datasets
Metabolic Rate Mean total oxygen uptake at 20C (summed from skin and gill/lung uptake), air-breathing tadpole (stage XVI-XIX) body weight = 5.3 g +/- 1.2 SE 6.9 8 umol O2/g/hr Tadpole Exposure Factor Datasets
Metabolic Rate Mean total oxygen uptake at 20C (summed from skin and lung uptake), body weight = 228.2 g +/- 70.3 SE 1.1 6 umol O2/g/hr Adult Exposure Factor Datasets
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