...-breathing fish from South East Asia – can completely restore extracellular pH within days of exposure to hypercapnia and the kidneys play an important role in this response. Respiratory acidosis Arterial pH Metabolic compensation Kidney Urine Renal function Air-breathing fish Vertebrates...

.... Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 pharmacokinetics water balance osmoregulation intestinal water absorption renal function nectarivore In this study, we examined water handling in two nectarivore species: whitebellied sunbirds [ Cinnyris talatala (Smith 1836)] and New...

... Oncorhynchus mykiss phlorizin renal function © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 28 4 2005 * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) Fig. 2. (A) Renal clearance ratios of glucose. (B) Renal clearance ratios of Na + . (C) Renal clearance ratios...

... and mixing of urine with gut contents in the cloaca. Our method allowed us to measure renal function in unanesthetized, actively feeding birds with minimal disturbance. GFR (μl h -1 ) was estimated as: 1 \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts...

... of the urinary bladder. 31 08 1990 © 1991 by Company of Biologists 1991 urinary bladder urine composition glomerular filtration renal function ionoregu-lation rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss In most teleosts, the paired mesonephric ducts leave the kidney, unite and open...

... Sciences, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London El 4NS. 14 02 1986 © 1986 by Company of Biologists 1986 glomerular filtration hagfish Eptatretus stouti glomerular-capillary shunt colloid osmotic pressure renal function Studies made of the glomeruli of hagfish...

... with data obtained previously from anaesthetized animals, indicating that renal function in lampreys is not significantly impaired by light MS222 anaesthesia. * Present address: Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TJ. 8 12 1982 2 3 1983...