Uptake and effects of nitrite in the marine teleost fish Platichthys flesus

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 97-107

  Grosell, M ^a   Jensen, F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

European flounder; Hyperkalemia; Intestinal uptake; Marine teleost; Methemoglobin; Nitrite (NO2 ); Physiological disturbance; Platichthys flesus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRITE; POTASSIUM; SEA WATER; SODIUM;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; NITRITE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TELEOST;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOUNDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GILL; HYPERKALEMIA; INTESTINE FLUID; MORTALITY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0033898796     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(99)00091-0     Document Type: Article

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