Endocrine, osmoregulatory, respiratory and haematological parameters in flounder exposed to the water soluble fraction of crude oil

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1291-1305

  Alkindi, A Y A ^a,b   Brown, J A ^b   Waring, C P ^b   Collins, J E ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood oxygen content; catecholamines; cortisol; crude oil; plasma ions; Pleuronectes flesus; thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030454201     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0254     Document Type: Article

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