Abstract
1. 1. The oxygen equilibria of hemoglobins from fifty species and subspecies of turtles are reported. Hemoglobins from eleven species representing seven of the twelve living families are examined in detail. 2. 2. Turtle hemoglobins generally have lower oxygen affinities than mammalian hemoglobins. Heme-heme interaction is pH dependent. 3. 3. Variations in oxygen affinity, Bohr effect, heme-heme interaction and heat of oxygenation are compared in terms of their relationship to the respiratory physiology of turtles.
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