Medetomidine as a candidate antifoulant: Sublethal effects on juvenile turbot (Psetta maxima L.)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-246

  Hilvarsson, Annelie ^a   Halldórsson, Halldór Pálmar ^b   Granmo, Åke ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Medetomidine; Psetta maxima; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

MEDETOMIDINE; SEA WATER;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FLATFISH; JUVENILE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBOT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLATFISHES; ICELAND; MEDETOMIDINE; MELANOPHORES; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; THORACICA;

EID: 34250883326     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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