Nitrogen metabolism and excretion in the swamp eel, Monopterus albus, during 6 or 40 days of estivation in mud

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 620-624

  Chew, S F ^a   Gan, J ^a   Ip, Y K ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

EEL; EXCRETION; METABOLISM;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGAPORE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ESTIVATION; GLUTAMINE; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SINGAPORE; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME FACTORS;

MONOPTERUS ALBUS;

EID: 13144279106     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430233     Document Type: Article

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