Transepithelial potential in the Magadi tilapia, a fish living in extreme alkalinity

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

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-258

  Wood, Chris M ^a,b   Bergman, Harold L ^c   Bianchini, Adalto ^d   Laurent, Pierre ^a   Maina, John ^e   Johannsson, Ora E ^f   Bianchini, Lucas F ^d   Chevalier, Claudine ^a   Kavembe, Geraldine D ^g   Papah, Michael B ^h   Ojoo, Rodi O ^h  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^f GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g SOUTH EASTERN KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Alcolapia grahami; Calcium dependent potential; Electrogenic potential; Gill permeability; Na diffusion potential; P Cl P Na ratio; P HCO3ratio; TEP

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; NITRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM NITRATE;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; KENYA; LAKE; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TILAPIA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KENYA; LAKES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; TILAPIA;

ALCOLAPIA ALCALICUS; ALCOLAPIA GRAHAMI; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 84856022442     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0614-y     Document Type: Article

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