Freshwater to seawater acclimation of juvenile bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas): Plasma osmolytes and Na+/K+-ATPase activity in gill, rectal gland, kidney and intestine

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-44

  Pillans, Richard D ^a,b   Good, Jonathan P ^c   Gary Anderson, W ^c   Hazon, Neil ^c   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Estuary and Waterway Management   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Carcharhinus leucas; Freshwater; Na+ K+ ATPase; Osmoregulation; Salinity; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ELECTROLYTE; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIET; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENVIRONMENT; GILL; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RECTUM; RIVER; SHARK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIET; ELECTROLYTES; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; GILLS; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RECTUM; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SHARKS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; LEUCAS;

EID: 12844286354     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-004-0460-2     Document Type: Article

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