Renal response of euryhaline toad (Bufo viridis) to acute immersion in tap water, NaCl, or urea solutions

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-237

  Shpun, Shlomo ^a   Katz, Uri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; KIDNEY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TOAD; URINE;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; URINE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0033364490     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316650     Document Type: Article

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