Unusual physiology of scale-less carp, Gymnocypris przewalskii, in Lake Qinghai: A high altitude alkaline saline lake

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 409-421

  Wang, Yuxiang S ^a,g   Gonzalez, Richard J ^b   Patrick, Marjorie L ^c   Grosell, Martin ^a   Zhang, Chuanguang ^d   Feng, Qiang ^d   Du, JiZeng ^e   Walsh, Patrick J ^a   Wood, Chris M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamine synthetase; Gymnocypris przewalskii; Ionregulation; Lake Qinghai; Nitrogen excretion; Scale less carp; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA FORMATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SPAWNING; SPECIES COMPARISON;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GYMNOCYPRIS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 0037307135     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00317-3     Document Type: Article

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