Effect of ammonia on respiratory functions of blood of Tilapia zilli

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-313

  El Shafey, Aziza A M ^a  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Blood acid base Status; Blood gases; Blood oxygen affinity; Blood oxygen equilibrium curve; Blood respiratory functions; Tilapia zilli; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; TAIL ARTERY; TILAPIA; VENOUS BLOOD; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; TILAPIA; TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 0032436704     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10129-0     Document Type: Article

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