Ion secretion by salt glands of desert iguanas (Dipsosaurus dorsalis)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-31

  Hazard, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DESERT; LIZARD; SALT; SECRETION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT GLAND;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; DIET; IGUANAS; POTASSIUM; SALT GLAND; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; DIPSOSAURUS; DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS; IGUANA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035056634     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319301     Document Type: Article

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