Ion and acid-base balance in three species of Amazonian fish during gradual acidification of extremely soft water

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-285

  Wilson, Rod W ^a,b   Wood, Chris M ^a,c   Gonzalez, Rick J ^a,d   Patrick, Marjorie L ^a,e   Bergman, Harold L ^a,f   Narahara, Annie ^a,f   Val, Adalberto L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PH; TOLERANCE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACID RAIN; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; LD 50; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID RAIN; ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FISHES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0033364570     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316672     Document Type: Article

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