Exposure to brackish water, upon feeding, leads to enhanced conservation of nitrogen and increased urea synthesis and retention in the Asian freshwater stingray Himantura signifer

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 484-492

  Chew, Shit F ^a   Poothodiyil, Nirmala K ^a   Wong, Wai P ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Feeding; Himantura signifer; Nitrogen metabolism; Osmoregulation; Stingray; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; SEA WATER; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; EATING; ELECTRIC FISH; INTESTINE; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STOMACH; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EATING; FRESH WATER; INTESTINES; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN; SEAWATER; SKATES (FISH); STOMACH; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

HIMANTURA SIGNIFER; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO;

EID: 33644613290     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02002     Document Type: Article

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