Osmoregulation: effect of salinity and heavy metals

MeSH terms

• Adaptation, Physiological*
• Adenosine Triphosphatases / metabolism
• Amphibians
• Animals
• Arthropods
• Biological Transport, Active
• Cell Membrane / enzymology
• Chlorides / metabolism
• Decapoda
• Fishes
• Fresh Water
• Gills / physiology
• Hydrogen-Ion Concentration / drug effects
• Kidney / physiology
• Mercury / pharmacology*
• Mercury / toxicity
• Mercury Poisoning / physiopathology*
• Reptiles
• Seawater
• Skin Physiological Phenomena
• Sodium / metabolism
• Sodium Chloride / pharmacology*
• Water Pollution, Chemical*
• Water-Electrolyte Balance* / drug effects