Ammonia and urea excretion of the nemertean Procephalothrix simulus Iwata: effects of salinity, temperature, body weight and amputation

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-18

  Wu, Bin ^a   Sun, Shichun ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia excretion; Procephalothrix simulus; Urea excretion

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EXCRETION; SALINITY; UREA; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; NEMERTEA; PROCEPHALOTHRIX SIMULUS;

EID: 33746888296     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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