Effects of organic and inorganic lead on the oxygen equilibrium curves of the fresh water field crab,Barytelphusa guerini
@article{Tulasi1989EffectsOO,
title={Effects of organic and inorganic lead on the oxygen equilibrium curves of the fresh water field crab,Barytelphusa guerini},
author={Sudheer Tulasi and J. V. Ramana Rao},
journal={Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology},
year={1989},
volume={42},
pages={247-253}
}Haemocyanin serves as normal transporter of oxygen in many Arthropods. The oxygen equilibrium curves have been described for the haemocyanins of many Arthropods and Molluscs. Oxygen equilibrium curves of the blood reveal the relationship between the oxygen tension and the percentage saturation of the haemocyanin. The shape of the oxygen equilibrium curves vary in position from sigmoid to hyperbolic in different animals or even undulatory as shown in some chitons. Oxygen equilibrium curves are…
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