Stereological estimation of surface area and barrier thickness of fish gills in vertical sections

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Da Costa, Oscar T F ^a   Pedretti, Ana Carolina E ^a   Schmitz, Anke ^b   Perry, Steven F ^b   Fernandes, Marisa N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion capacity; Fish; Gills; Stereological method; Surface area; Water blood barrier

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; EPOXY RESINS; SAMPLING;

AREA ESTIMATION; BARRIER THICKNESS; DIFFUSION CAPACITY; GILL; RANDOM SAMPLING; STEREOLOGICAL METHODS; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE BARRIER; VERTICAL SECTION; WATER-BLOOD BARRIER;

FISH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FISH; GILL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELEOST;

ARAPAIMA GIGAS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33846822904     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01710.x     Document Type: Article

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