Net ion fluxes in the facultative air-breather Hoplosternum littorale (tamoata) and the obligate air-breather Arapaima gigas (pirarucu) exposed to different Amazonian waters

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-412

  Baldisserotto, Bernardo ^a   Copatti, Carlos E ^a   Gomes, Levy C ^b   Chagas, Edsandra C ^c   Brinn, Richard P ^d   Roubach, Rodrigo ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE VILA VELHA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acidic water; Amazon; Negro River; Osmoregulation; Solim es River

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CHEMISTRY; FISH; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CHLORIDES; FISHES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; POTASSIUM; RIVERS; SODIUM;

ARAPAIMA GIGAS; HOPLOSTERNUM LITTORALE; PISCES;

EID: 55549100601     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-008-9200-y     Document Type: Article

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