A comparison of the effects of environmental ammonia exposure on the Asian freshwater stingray Himantura signifer and the Amazonian freshwater stingray Potamotrygon motoro

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3625-3633

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Ammonia; Ammonia detoxification; Ammonia excretion; Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; Elasmobranch; Himantura signifer; Nitrogen metabolism; Ornithine urea cycle; Osmoregulation; Stingray; Urea; Urea excretion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CHLORIDE; FRESH WATER; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; LIGASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; SODIUM; UREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CHLORIDES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESH WATER; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SODIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UP-REGULATION; UREA;

ANIMALIA; ELASMOBRANCHII; HIMANTURA; HIMANTURA SIGNIFER; POTAMOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO;

EID: 0242275413     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00612     Document Type: Article

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