| water and electrolyte homeostasis and kidney function of desert-dwelling marsupial wallabies in western australia. | prolonged drought, necessitating conservation of water, is one of the major environmental challenges faced by many australian marsupials. radioactive isotopes of water and sodium were used to assess the ability of two species of marsupial wallabies to maintain water and electrolyte balance during periods of extreme water deprivation in the arid pilbara region of western australia. the spectacled hare-wallaby, lagorchestes conspicillatus, has the lowest mass-specific rate of water turnover at 27. ... | 2001 | 11263723 |