Mechanisms of ion transport in Potamotrygon, a stenohaline freshwater elasmobranch native to the ion-poor blackwaters of the Rio Negro

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3039-3054

  Wood, Chris M ^a   Matsuo, Aline Y O ^a   Gonzalez, R J ^a   Wilson, Rod W ^a   Patrick, Marjorie L ^a   Val, Adalberto Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ammonia excretion; Blackwater; Ca2+ flux; Cl flux; Freshwater elasmobranch; Ion transport kinetics; Low pH; Na+ flux; Potamotrygonidae

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; FRESH WATER; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; SODIUM; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ELASMOBRANCHII; HOMEOSTASIS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAZIL; CHLORIDES; ELASMOBRANCHII; FRESH WATER; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; KINETICS; NITROGEN; SODIUM; UREA;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; DASYATIDAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; POTAMOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE;

EID: 0036793514     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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