...Shit F. Chew; Mei Y. Wong; Wai L. Tam; Yuen K. Ip SUMMARY The freshwater snakehead Channa asiatica is an obligatory air-breather that resides in slow-flowing streams and in crevices near riverbanks in Southern China. In its natural habitat, it may encounter bouts of aerial exposure during the dry...

...Cheng B. Lim; Shit F. Chew; Paul M. Anderson; Yuen K. Ip ABSTRACT This study was designed to elucidate the strategies adopted by mudskippers to handle endogenous ammonia during aerial exposure in constant darkness. Under these conditions, specimens exhibited minimal locomotory activity...

... enzyme. This favourable ATP yield from partial amino acid catabolism was not accompanied by a net release of ammonia. Such an adaptation would be advantageous to P. schlosseri confronted with the problem of ammonia excretion during aerial exposure. Indeed, when P. schlosseri were forced to exercise...

... . 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1988.tb01961.x Taylor , E. W. , Tyler-Jones , R. & Wheatly , M. G. ( 1987 ). The effects of aerial exposure on the distribution of body water and ions in the freshwater crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes (Lereboullet) . J. exp. Biol . 128 , 307 – 332...

..., Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. 30 09 1986 © 1987 by Company of Biologists 1987 crayfish aerial exposure dehydration water and ion distribution One of the greatest problems of terrestrial life is the threat of dehydration. Deprived of water most animals go into negative water...