Effect of Water pH on Copper Toxicity in the Neotropical Fish, Prochilodus scrofa (Prochilodondidae)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1075-1082

  Takasusuki, J ^a   Araujo, M R R ^a   Fernandes, M N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FISH; GILL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; KIDNEY; LIVER; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMA; PROCHILODUS SCROFA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA; PROCHILODUS; PROCHILODUS SCROFA;

EID: 1942502232     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0353-9     Document Type: Article

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