Diel patterns of nitrogen excretion, plasma constituents, and behavior in the gulf Toadfish (Opsanus beta) in Laboratory versus outdoor mesocosm settings

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 958-972

  Barimo, John F ^a,b   Walsh, Patrick J ^a,c   McDonald, M Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; NITROGEN; SEROTONIN; UREA;

AMMONIA; BLOOD; DIEL VARIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; HORMONE; LABORATORY METHOD; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; STEROID; TELEOST; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYMOLOGY; GILL; LIGHT; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GILLS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGHT; LIVER; MELATONIN; NITROGEN; SEROTONIN; UREA;

BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; OPSANUS BETA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 78649623432     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656427     Document Type: Article

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