Role of urinary and cloacal bladders in chelonian water economy: Historical and comparative perspectives

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 347-366

  Jørgensen, C Barker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chelonia; Cloacal bladders; Desert tortoise; Galapagos tortoise; Urinary bladder; Water economy

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; BLADDER FUNCTION; DESERT; FLUID BALANCE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOTAL BODY WATER; VERTEBRATE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CLOACA; DESERT CLIMATE; TURTLES; URINARY BLADDER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ELEPHANTOPUS; EMYS ORBICULARIS; ENTEROBACTER; GEOCHELONE NIGRA; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; HYLIDAE; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TRITIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032430526     PISSN: 00063231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0006323198005210     Document Type: Review

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