Acute Hypoxia Exposure Rapidly Triggers Behavioral Changes Linked to Cutaneous Gas Exchange in Lake Titicaca Frogs

November 11, 2024

One of the main challenges of life at high altitude is environmental hypoxia, a reduction in the available oxygen needed for gas exchange (e.g., respiration). Like mountaineers attempting to summit Everest with supplemental oxygen, animals also experience and suffer from acute hypoxia at high…