Water exchange and permeability properties of the skin in three species of amphibious sea snakes (Laticauda spp.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1921-1929

  Lillywhite, H B ^a   Menon, J G ^b   Menon, G K ^c   Sheehy III, C M ^d   Tu, M C ^e  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alpha keratin; Ecophysiology; Epidermis; Evaporative water loss; Lipid; Marine; Mesos layer; Permeability barrier; Sea snake; Seawater; Skin; Skin resistance; Snake

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ELAPIDAE; PERMEABILITY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

ELAPIDAE; HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDINAE; ORCHIDACEAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 66749145566     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028704     Document Type: Article

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