Nitrogen metabolism and excretion in the aquatic Chinese soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis, exposed to a progressive increase in ambient salinity

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 995-1009

  Lee, Serene Min Lin ^a   Wai, Peng Wong ^a   Kum, Chew Hiong ^a   Ai, May Loong ^a   Shit, Fun Chew ^b   Ip, Yuen Kwong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; NITROGEN; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HEMATOCRIT; LIVER; MALAYSIA; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TURTLE;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORIDES; HEMATOCRIT; LIVER; MALAYSIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TURTLES; UREA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

PELODISCUS SINENSIS; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 33845433822     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.350     Document Type: Article

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