Osmoregulation in the terrestrial Christmas Island red crab Gecarcoidea natalis (Brachyura: Gecarcinidae): Modulation of branchial chloride uptake from the urine

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 3251-3260

  Taylor, H H ^a   Greenaway, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chloride reabsorption; Cyclic AMP; Dopamine; Excretion; Gecarcoidea natalis; Gill; Land crab; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE; FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSORPTION; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; GILL; HEMOLYMPH; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

ABSORPTION; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CHLORIDES; CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE; FRESH WATER; GILLS; HEMOLYMPH; KINETICS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; BIRGUS LATRO; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; GECARCOIDEA NATALIS;

EID: 0036032150     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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