Urea and water permeability in the ureotelic gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Part P ^a   Wood, C M ^b   Gilmour, K M ^c   Perry, S F ^d   Laurent, P ^e   Zadunaisky, J ^f   Walsh, Patrick J ^f  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FISH; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GILL; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; FISHES; GILLS; PERMEABILITY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; UREA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; OPSANUS BETA;

EID: 18544407320     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990101)283:1<1::AID-JEZ2>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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