Alkaline environmental pH has no effect on ammonia excretion in the mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri but inhibits ammonia excretion in the related species Boleophthalmus boddaerti.

Chew, S F

Alkaline environmental pH has no effect on ammonia excretion in the mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri but inhibits ammonia excretion in the related species Boleophthalmus boddaerti. [electronic resource] - Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ - 204-14 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

1522-2152

10.1086/374281 doi


Acid-Base Equilibrium
Adaptation, Physiological
Alkalies--chemistry
Ammonia--metabolism
Ammonium Chloride--metabolism
Animals
Environmental Exposure
Female
Gills--metabolism
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Male
Perciformes--metabolism
Proton-Motive Force--physiology
Seawater--chemistry
Species Specificity
Urea--metabolism
Water-Electrolyte Balance--physiology