Osmoregulatory mechanisms of the Australian freshwater crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni, in freshwater and estuarine habitats

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-223

  Taplin, L E ^a,b   Grigg, G C ^a   Beard, L A ^a   Pulsford, T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Parks and Wildl Service ^*  (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crocodylidae; Osmoregulation; Physiology; Salt glands; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032925014     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050214     Document Type: Article

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