Nitrogen excretion and the cardiorespiratory physiology of the gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 492-505

  Gilmour, Kathleen M ^a,b,h   Perry, Steve F ^a,c   Wood, Chris M ^a,d   Henry, Raymond P ^a,e   Laurent, Pierre ^a,f   Pärt, Peter ^a,g   Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^h CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSANUS BETA;

EID: 0032169894     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515969     Document Type: Article

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