Effects of water pH and calcium concentration on ion balance in fish of the Rio Negro, Amazon

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-22

  Gonzalez, Richard J ^a,b   Wood, Chris M ^a,c   Wilson, Rod W ^a,d   Patrick, Marjorie L ^a,e   Bergman, Harold L ^a,f   Narahara, Annie ^a,f   Val, Adalberto L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0031881840     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515893     Document Type: Article

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