Respiratory and digestive responses of postprandial Dungeness crabs, Cancer magister, and blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, during hyposaline exposure

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

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-198

  Curtis, Daniel L ^a,b   McGaw, Iain J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crab; Crustacean; Digestion; Osmoregulation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SALINITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SALINITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CANCER MAGISTER; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77649315947     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0403-z     Document Type: Article

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