Ammonia production, excretion, toxicity, and defense in fish: A review

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 1 OCT, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ip, Yuen K ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonia excretion; Ammonia toxicity; Ammonia transporter; Fish; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960012321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2010.00134     Document Type: Review

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