Salinity-induced changes in the fine structure of the gills of the semiterrestrial estuarian crab, Uca uruguayensis (Nobili, 1901) (Decapoda, Ocypodidae)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 495-501

  Luquet, C ^a   Pellerano, G ^a   Rosa, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Epithelium; Gills; Ion regulation; Salt transportation; Uca; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EPITHELIUM; GILL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA URUGUAYENSIS;

EID: 0030759048     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80035-3     Document Type: Article

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