Ammonia tolerance in the slender lungfish (Protopterus dolloi): The importance of environmental acidification

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 507-517

  Wood, Chris M ^a,b   Walsh, Patrick J ^b   Chew, Shit F ^c   Ip, Yuen K ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PH EFFECTS; UREA; WATER AERATION;

SLENDER LUNGFISH; TITRATABLE ACID; UREA-N EXCRETION;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; TOLERANCE;

PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI;

EID: 23944440604     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z05-036     Document Type: Article

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