Alkaline environmental pH has no effect on ammonia excretion in the mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri but inhibits ammonia excretion in the related species Boleophthalmus boddaerti

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-214

  Chew, S F ^a   Hong, L N ^b   Wilson, J M ^c   Randall, D J ^d   Ip, Y K ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; SEA WATER; UREA;

AMMONIA; EXCRETION; PH;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GILL; MALE; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALKALIES; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GILLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UREA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; BOLEOPHTHALMUS; PERCIFORMES; PERIOPHTHALMUS; PERIOPHTHALMUS BARBARUS; PISCES;

EID: 0038817919     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374281     Document Type: Article

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