Osmoregulation in elephant fish Callorhinchus milii (Holocephali), with special reference to the rectal gland

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1303-1310

  Hyodo, Susumu ^a   Bell, Justin D ^b,c   Healy, Jillian M ^b   Kaneko, Toyoji ^d   Hasegawa, Sanae ^a   Takei, Yoshio ^a   Donald, John A ^b   Toop, Tes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elephant fish; Holocephalan fish; Osmoregulation; Rectal gland

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); SEA WATER; SODIUM; UREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FISH; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT GLAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FISHES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; SALT GLAND; SEAWATER; SODIUM; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; UREA; VICTORIA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

CALLORHINCHUS MILII; CHIMAERIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; HOLOCEPHALI; MORMYRIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 34248575891     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.003418     Document Type: Article

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