Cadmium tolerance in the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) following acute exposure: Assessment of some ionoregulatory parameters

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-46

  Garcia Santos, Sofia ^a   Fontaínhas Fernandes, António ^a   Wilson, Jonathan Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

96 h LC50; Cadmium; Calcium; Chloride cell; Na+ K+ ATPase; Sodium; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLS; ENZYMES; FISHERIES; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PLASMAS; SODIUM; WATER;

NILE TILAPIA; WATERBORNE POLLUTANTS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CADMIUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SODIUM; TELEOST;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CELL COUNT; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION TRANSPORT; LC 50; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIVER; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TELEOST; TILAPIA; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CICHLIDS; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GILLS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 33244469076     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20152     Document Type: Article

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