The osmotic response of the Asian freshwater stingray (Himantura signifer) to increased salinity: A comparison with marine (Taeniura lymma) and Amazonian freshwater (Potamotrygon motoro) stingrays

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2931-2940

  Tam, Wai L ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Loong, Ai M ^a   Hiong, Kum C ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b   Ballantyne, James S ^c   Ip, Yuen K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Ammonia; Elasmobranch; Freshwater stingray; Himantura signifer; Ornithine urea cycle; Osmoregulation; Potamotrygon motoro; Stingray; Taeniura lymma; Urea; Urea transporter

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE); FRESH WATER; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LIGASE; ORNITHINE; SEA WATER; UREA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; FRESH WATER; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; ORNITHINE; SEAWATER; SKATES (FISH); UREA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; DASYATIDAE; ELECTRIC FISH; HIMANTURA; HIMANTURA SIGNIFER; POTAMOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO; TAENIURA LYMMA;

EID: 0042239583     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00510     Document Type: Article

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