Osmotic and ionic concentrations of Scylla serrata (Forskal) subjected to different salinity levels

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-244

  Chen, Jiann Chu ^a   Chia, Peng Gek ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

calcium; chloride; haemolymph; magnesi um; osmolality; salinity; Scylla serrata; sodium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031172179     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00237-X     Document Type: Article

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