Effect of cadmium chloride on the distal retinal pigment cells of the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 504-510

  Reddy, P S ^a   Nguyen, L K ^b   Obih, P ^b   Fingerman, M ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DISPERSION; ECOTOXICITY; FEMALE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DARKNESS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031027890     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900363     Document Type: Article

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