Mechanisms of seawater acclimation in a primitive, anadromous fish, the green sturgeon

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 903-920

  Allen, Peter J ^a   Cech Jr , Joseph J ^a   Kültz, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Green sturgeon; Mitochondria rich cell; Na+, K+ ATPase; Pyloric caeca

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER; MAGNESIUM; SEA WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FISH; GILL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; STOMACH JUICE; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM; CALIFORNIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL SIZE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GILLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; MAGNESIUM; MITOCHONDRIA; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS; CHONDROSTEI; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 70350179626     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0372-2     Document Type: Article

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