Dogmas and controversies in the handling of nitrogenous wastes: Ureotely and ammonia tolerance in early life stages of the gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2011-2020

  Barimo, John F ^a   Steele, Shelby L ^b   Wright, Patricia A ^b   Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia toxicity; Batrachoididae; Biscayne Bay; Florida Bay; Ontogeny; Opsanus beta; Ornithine transcarbamylase; Ornithine urea cycle; Toadfish; Ureogenesis; Ureotely

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE); GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LIGASE; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; SEA WATER; UREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UNITED STATES; ZYGOTE;

AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; FLORIDA; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LARVA; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UREA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOIDIDAE; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; HALOPHILA; OPSANUS; OPSANUS BETA; TELEOST FISH; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 3042662810     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00956     Document Type: Article

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