Marine (Taeniura lymma) and freshwater (Himantura signifer) elasmobranchs synthesize urea for osmotic water retention

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 610-619

  Ip, Yuen K ^a   Tam, Wai L ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER; UREA;

AMMONIA; DETOXIFICATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGAPORE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEAWATER; SINGAPORE; SKATES (FISH); UREA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ELASMOBRANCHII; HIMANTURA SIGNIFER; PISCES; TAENIURA LYMMA;

EID: 21044439870     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430236     Document Type: Article

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