Gastro-intestinal handling of water and solutes in three species of elasmobranch fish, the white-spotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum, little skate, Leucoraja erinacea and the clear nose skate Raja eglanteria

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-502

  Anderson, W Gary ^a   Dasiewicz, Patricia J ^a   Liban, Suadi ^a   Ryan, Calen ^a   Taylor, Josi R ^b   Grosell, Martin ^b   Weihrauch, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Elasmobranch; Intestine; Little skate; Osmoregulation; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM ION; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UREA; WATER;

ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASMOBRANCHII; FISH; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOREGULATION; PH; RECTUM GLAND; SHARK; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH PH;

CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; ELASMOBRANCHII; HEMISCYLLIIDAE; LEUCORAJA ERINACEA; RAJA EGLANTERIA;

EID: 77249145842     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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