Journal article
Determination of skin resistance and the role of the skin in controlling water loss in amphibians and reptiles
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology, v 55(4), pp 407-411
1976
PMID: 9259
Abstract
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1. Evaporative water loss rates are presented for the box turtle,
Terrapene carolina, the American chameleon,
Anolis carolinensis, the frog
Rana pipiens and the salamander
Desmognathus ochrophaeus acclimated to 20°C, LD 12:12.
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2. A theoretical framework is developed to describe the process of evaporative water loss from the surface of an animal.
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3. Agar replicas of each experimental animal are used to determine boundary layer resistance and facilitate the computation of skin resistance.
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4. Skin resistance (sec cm
−1) was in the following order:
A. carolinensis (196.4),
T. carolina (77.6),
D. ochrophaeus (0.09) and
R. pipiens (0.05).
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Details
- Title
- Determination of skin resistance and the role of the skin in controlling water loss in amphibians and reptiles
- Creators
- James R. Spotila - Buffalo State UniversityEvan N. Berman - Buffalo State University
- Publication Details
- Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology, v 55(4), pp 407-411
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1976CF54000018
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0017104674
- Other Identifier
- 991021013177404721