Salt and water balance in the Toad Bufo viridis during recovery from two different osmotically stressful conditions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Hoffman, J ^a   Katz, U ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

electrolytes; heterostasis; homeostasis; salt acclimation; set points; soil conditions; urea

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID BALANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BALANCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SOIL; TOAD;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; UREA; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0031149493     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00360-X     Document Type: Article

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