Protection by natural blackwater against disturbances in ion fluxes caused by low pH exposure in freshwater stingrays endemic to the Rio Negro

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-27

  Wood, Chris M ^a,b   Matsuo, Aline Y O ^a,b   Wilson, Rod W ^a,c   Gonzalez, R J ^a,d   Patrick, Marjorie L ^a,e   Playle, Richard C ^f   Val, Adalberto Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; FRESH WATER; ION; SODIUM;

DISTURBANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; ION; PH; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC FISH; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CALCIUM; FRESH WATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; KINETICS; SKATES (FISH); SODIUM;

ARGENTINA;

ANIMALIA; DASYATIDAE; POTAMOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO;

EID: 0038069122     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367946     Document Type: Article

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