The Physiology of the Respiration of Fishes in Relation to the Hydrogen Ion Concentration of the Medium

• Main Author: Powers, Edwin B.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1922
• Subjects: Other Life Sciences; Barcroft; Krogh; Priestley; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bioscisystematics/1; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/bioscisystematics/article/1000/viewcontent/Powers_JGP_1922_Physiology_Respiration.pdf

Within recent years much has been added to the knowledge concerning the mechanism of the respiratory function of the blood. Haldane and Priestley (1905) have shown that, at least in the higher animals, the respiratory movements are affected by the carbon dioxide tension of the arterial blood. It has...