ammonotelic


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ammonotelic

[ə¦mä·nō′tēl·ik]
(biology)
Pertaining to the excretion of nitrogen primarily as ammonium ion, [NH4+].
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Thus, while corals are ammonotelic, N[H.sub.4.sup.+] uptake by Symbiodinium typically results in no net N[H.sub.4.sup.+] excretion from the holobiont (Muscatine and D'Elia, 1978) unless recycling is inhibited by darkness or a metabolic inhibitor (Rahav et al., 1989).
Evidence that high pC[O.sub.2] affects protein metabolism in tropical reef corals
Ammonia excretion of the abalone in the current study accounted for 0.8-1.8% of total energy ingested for 2-4 cm, respectively--values that are typical of an ammonotelic organism.
Energy budget of the Thai abalone Haliotis asinina reared in a semiclosed recirculating land-based system
Are Hummingbirds Facultatively Ammonotelic? Nitrogen Excretion and Requirements as a Function of Body Size.
Analysis of the feeding habits of the swallow-tailed hummingbird, Eupetomena macroura (Gmelin, 1788), in an urban park in southeastern Brazil/ Analise do comportamento alimentar do beija-flor tesourao, Eupetomena macroura (Gmelin, 1788), em um parque urbano localizado na regiao sudeste do Brasil
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