Osmoregulatory role of the brood pouch in the euryhaline Gulf pipefish, Syngnathus scovelli

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 556-561

  Partridge, Charlyn ^a   Shardo, Judith ^a,b   Boettcher, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood pouch; Chloride cells; Embryonic development; Gulf pipefish; Osmoregulation; Salinity; Syngnathid; Syngnathus scovelli

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; SALINITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHUS SCOVELLI;

EID: 34247224950     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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