The urinary bladder as a physiological reservoir that moderates dehydration in a large desert lizard, the Gila monster Heloderma suspectum

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1472-1480

  Davis, Jon R ^a   DeNardo, Dale F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Hydrostasis; Osmoregulation; Reptile; Water economy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; LIZARD; OSMOLARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BODY WATER; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; LIZARDS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; URINARY BLADDER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HELODERMA SUSPECTUM; HELODERMATIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34248562537     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.003061     Document Type: Article

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