Fluid regulation and physiological adjustments in the winter skate, Leucoraja ocellata, following exposure to reduced environmental salinities

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-348

  Sulikowski, James A ^a   Treberg, Jason R ^b   Howell, W Huntting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Erythrocyte; Extracellular; Hematologic properties; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY;

LEUCORAJA; LEUCORAJA OCELLATA;

EID: 0038007827     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023918231020     Document Type: Article

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