Short-term physiological changes in turbot and seabream juveniles exposed to exogenous ammonia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 511-518

  Le Ruyet, J Person ^a   Boeuf, G ^a   Infante, J Zambonino ^a   Helgason, S ^a   Le Roux, A ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonia toxicity; Ionic and osmotic regulation; Metabolic disturbances; Plasma TA N contents; Scophthalmus maximus; Sparus aurata; Thyroid hormones; Urea N contents

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROCORTISONE; NITROGEN; THYROID HORMONE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; JUVENILE; LD 50; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; SPECIES; STRESS;

EID: 0032007226     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00458-3     Document Type: Article

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