Circulatory modification in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus, during exposure and acclimation to low salinity

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  McGaw, I J ^a   Reiber, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Cardiovascular; Circulation; Crab osmoregulation; Heart rate; Salinity

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CRAB; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMOLYMPH; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

EID: 0031757371     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10103-4     Document Type: Article

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