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Salt-water acclimation of the estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus involves enhanced ion transport properties of the urodaeum and rectum
This article reports that in addition to the well-documented functional plasticity of the lingual salt glands, the middle of the three cloacal segments (i.e. the urodaeum) responds to increased ambient salinity to enhance solute-coupled water absorption in estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus).
Date:
July 16, 2019
Creator:
Grosell, Martin; Heuer, Rachael M.; Wu, N. C.; Cramp, Rebecca L.; Wang, Yadong; Mager, Edward M. et al.
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The UNT Digital Library