Active ammonia excretion in the giant mudskipper, Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas), during emersion

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 357-369

  Chew, Shit F ^a   Sim, Mei Y ^b   Phua, Zhi C ^b   Wong, Wai P ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM ACETATE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PH;

ACETATES; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRANCHIAL REGION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PERCIFORMES; UREA;

PERIOPHTHALMODON SCHLOSSERI; PERIOPHTHALMUS;

EID: 34250340194     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.385     Document Type: Article

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