Osmoregulation of the Atlantic stingray (Dasyatis sabina) from the freshwater Lake Jesup of the St. Johns River, Florida

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 553-560

  Piermarini, Peter M ^a   Evans, David H ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DASYATIS SABINA;

EID: 0032169061     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515973     Document Type: Article

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