Acid-base responses to changes in CO2 in
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Cameron, James N.
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Article
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1981
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The blood pH was depressed in the terrestrial coconut crab, __Birgus latro__, by about 0.3 units when the animals were forced to breathe 3% CO~2~ in air. This hypercapnic acidosis was compensated over 24 hours by a 15.4 mM ยท L^โ1^ increase in blood bicarbonate, but little amelioration o