The microanatomy of the rectal salt gland of the Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer) (Heterodontidae): Suggestions for a counter-current exchange system

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-175

  Newbound, Dennyse R ^a   O'Shea, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Osmoregulation; Salt glands; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT GLAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHARK;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; ION EXCHANGE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; RECTUM; SALT GLAND; SHARKS;

AVES; CHONDRICHTHYES; HETERODONTIDAE; HETERODONTUS PORTUSJACKSONI;

EID: 0034950066     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047875     Document Type: Article

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