Effect of elevated ammonia on tissue nitrogen metabolites in the ureotelic gulf toadfish (opsanus beta) and the ammoniotelic midshipman (porichthys notatus)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-352

  Veauvy, C M ^a   Walsh, Patrick J ^a   Mcdonald, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; EXCRETION; METABOLITE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TELEOST; UREA;

BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; OPSANUS BETA; PORICHTHYS NOTATUS;

AMMONIA; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE); GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; LIGASE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BRAIN; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; UREA;

EID: 69149086831     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588829     Document Type: Article

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