Plasma osmolyte concentrations and rectal gland mass of bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas, captured along a salinity gradient

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-371

  Pillans, Richard D ^a,b   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Estuary and Waterway Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Estuarine; Euryhaline; Freshwater; Osmolarity; Osmoregulation; Rectal gland; Salt and water balance; Urea

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ESTUARY; LINEAR SYSTEM; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PLASMA OSMOLARITY; RECTUM GLAND; SALINITY; SHARK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; LEUCAS;

EID: 4143061383     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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