Mercury and osmoregulation in the euryhaline crab, Eriocheir sinensis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Pequeux A ^a   Bianchini, A ^a,b   Gilles, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Federal Institute of Science Education and Technology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

active transport; Cancer pagurus; Carcinus maenas; chloride flux; crab; crustaceans; Eriocheir sinensis; gills; mercury; potential difference; sodium flux

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; HEAVY METAL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; EPITHELIUM; GILL; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0343807382     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(95)02081-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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