Osmoregulation of the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, in Lake St. Lucia, Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 351-365

  Leslie, Alison J ^a,b   Spotila, James R ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodilian evolution; Electrolytes; Euryhalinity; Hyper osmotic; Hypo osmotic osmolality; Osmoregulation; Salt glands

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; SODIUM; URIC ACID;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; SALINITY; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINE OSMOLALITY;

EID: 0034233275     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00215-4     Document Type: Article

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