Habitat use, urea production and spawning in the gulf toadfish Opsanus beta

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 497-508

  Barimo, John F ^a,d   Serafy, Joseph E ^a,b   Frezza, Peter E ^c   Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HABITAT USE; METABOLISM; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPAWNING; TELEOST; UREA;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; FLORIDA KEYS; JOHNSON KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; OPSANUS BETA;

EID: 33845672115     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0356-7     Document Type: Article

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