Effects of seawater acclimation on the levels of free D- and L-alanine and other osmolytes in the Japanese mitten crab eriocheir japonicus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 949-954

  Abe, Hiroki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustacean; D alanine; Eriocheir japonicus; Hemolymph; L alanine; Muscle; Osmoregulation; Seawater acclimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001705685     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.65.949     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. E. Okuma, E. Fujita, H. Amano, H. Noda, and H. Abe: Distribution of free D-amino acids in the tissues of crustaceans. Fisheries Sci., 61, 157-160 (1995).
3. E. Okuma and H. Abe: Effects of starvation and D- or L-alanine administration on the free D- and L-alanine levels in the muscle and hepatopancreas of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 120A, 681-686 (1998).