Key References

Osmoregulation in fishes

Ando, M., S. Utida, and H. Nagahama. 1975. Active transport of chloride in eel intestine with special reference to sea water adaptation. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 51A:27-32.

Bentley, P. G., J. Maetz, and T. Payan. 1976. Study of the unidirectional fluxes of Na and Cl across the gills of the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula (Chondrichthyes). J. Exp. Biol., 64:629-637.

Bern, H. A. 1975. Prolactin and osmoregulation. Am. Zool., 15:937-949.

Doneen, B. A. 1976. Water and ion movements in the urinary bladder of the Gobiid teleost Gillichthys mirabilis in response to prolactin and to cortisol. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 28:33-41.

Doneen, B. A. and H. A. Bern. 1974. In vitro effects of prolactin and cortisol water permeability of the urinary bladder of the teleost Gillichthys mirabilis. J. Exp. Zool., 187:173-179.

Ensor, D. M. and J. N. Ball. 1972. Prolactin and osmoregulation in fishes. Fed. Proc., 31:1615-1623.

Evans, D. H. 1980. Osmotic and ionic regulation by freshwater and marine fishes. Pp. 93-122. In: Environmental Physiology of Fishes. Ali, M. A., ed. Plenum Press.

Febry, R. and P. Lutz. 1987. Energy partitioning in fish: the activity-related cost of osmoregulation in a euryhaline cichlid. J. Exp. Biol., 128:63-85.

Foskett, J.K. and C. Schelley. 1982. The chloride cell: Definitive identificiation as the salt-secretory cell in teleosts. Science, 215: 164-166.

Fossat, B. and B. Lahlou. 1977. Osmotic and solute permeabilities of isolated urinary bladder of the trout. Am. J. Physiol., 233:F525-F531.

Griffith, R. W. and C. J. Burdick. 1976. Sodium-potassium activated adenosine triphosphatase in coelacanth tissues: High activity in rectal gland. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 54B:557-559.

Hickman, C. P., Jr., and B. F. Trump. 1969. The kidney. Pp. 91-239. In: Fish Physiology. Hoar, W. S. and D. J. Randall, eds. New York and London, Academic Press. Volume 1.

Hirano, T. 1971. Effects of prolactin on osmotic and diffusion permeability of the urinary bladder of the flounder, Plathichthys flesus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 27:88-94.

Hirano, T., D. W. Johnson, and H. A. Bern. 1971. Control of water movement in flounder urinary bladder by prolactin. Nature, 230:469-471.

Hirano, T., D. W. Johnson, H. A. Bern, and S. Utida. 1973. Studies on water and ion movements in the isolated urinary bladder of selected freshwater, marine and euryhaline teleosts. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 45A:529-540.

Hirano, T. and N. Mayer-Gostan. 1976. Eel esophagus as an osmoregulatory organ. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 73:1348-1350.

Hoar, W.S. and D.J. Randall. 1984. Fish Physiology. Volume X. Gills. Part A. Anatomy, Gas Trasfer, and Acid-Base Regulation. Academic Press, 456 p. See papers thein by several authors. Important references also provided.

Hoar, W.S. and D.J. Randall. 1984. Fish Physiology. Volume X. Gills. Part B. Ion and Water Trasfer. Academic Press, 416 p. Papers by several authors. Important references also provided.

Karnaky, K. L., Jr., K. J. Degnan, and J. A. Zadunaisky. 1977. Chloride transport across isolated opercular epithelium of killifish: a membrane rich in chloride cells. Science (N.Y.)., 195:230-235.

Kormanik, G. A. 1992. Ion and osmoregulation in prenatal elasmobranchs: evolutionary implications. American Zoologist 32(2):294302.

Lahlou, B. (ed). 1980. Epithelial transport in the lower vetebrates. Cambridge University Press, 366 p.

Maetz, J. 1974. Aspects of adaptation to hypo-osmotic and hyper-osmotic environments. Pp. 1-167. In: Biochemical and Biophysical Perspectives in Marine Biology. Malins, D. C. and J. R. Sargent, eds. London and New York, Academic Press. Volume 1.

Oguri, M. 1964. Rectal glands of marine and freshwater sharks: comparative history. Science, 144:1151-1152.

Potts, W. T. W. 1977. Fish gills. Pp. 453-480. In: Transport of Ions and Water in Animals. Gupta, B. L., R. B. Moreton, J. L. Oschmand, and B. W. Wall, eds. London and New York, Academic Press.

Utida, S., T. Hirano, H. Oide, M. Ando, D. W. Johnson, and H. A. Bern. 1972. Hormonal control of the intestine and urinary bladder in teleost osmoregulation. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 16:566-573.

Jean Maetz Memorial Symposium. 1980. Biology of the chloride cell. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, Vol. 7. Pp. R139-R276.