Hepatic urea biosynthesis in the euryhaline elasmobranch Carcharhinus leucas

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 917-921

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Estuary and Waterway Management   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER; UREA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LIVER; MALE; SEAWATER; SHARKS; UREA;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 27844511998     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.199     Document Type: Article

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