Effect of Saline Intake on Osmotic Homeostasis in DucksUniversity of British Columbia (Canada), 2002 - 228 pages |
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300 mM NaCl arginine atrial natriuretic peptide avian AVT]pl Barrow's Goldeneyes Bucephala body mass Canvasbacks Canvasbacks and Barrow's Canvasbacks Aythya valisineria Chapter Comp Physiol decreased drinking freshwater drinking saline drinking water salinity ducks Anas platyrhynchos ducks drank freshwater ECFV Effect of saline excretion extracellular fluid volume fractional reabsorption freshwater freshwater and saline Glaucous-winged gulls glomerular filtration rate Goldeneyes Bucephala islandica Goldstein Gray habitat hematocrit homeostasis hypertonic increased influx Mallards Anas platyrhynchos osmoregulation osmoregulatory osmotic homeostasis Osmp Osmpi Osmpl Pekin ducks plasma osmolality reabsorption of water relation to drinking relative plasma volume renal response to saline Ruch and Hughes saline acclimated ducks saline acclimated Mallards saline intake saline loading saline tolerance salinity mM NaCl salt gland function salt gland secretion Schmidt-Nielsen significantly Skadhauge sodium concentration standard errors SW ducks SYSTAT three species total body water urine Values are means vasotocin water and sodium wild ducks