Copper toxicity in the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias): Urea loss contributes to the osmoregulatory disturbance

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 133-141

  De Boeck, G ^a,f   Hattink, J ^a,f   Franklin, N M ^b,f   Bucking, C P ^b,f   Wood, S ^c,f   Walsh, P J ^d,e,f   Wood, C M ^b,e,f  

^a Biochemistry and Toxicology   (Belgium)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f BMSC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Copper; Elasmobranch; Na+ K+ ATPase; Silver; Urea

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM); CHLORIDE; COPPER; LACTIC ACID; SILVER; SODIUM; UREA;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISTURBANCE; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OSMOREGULATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SHARK; TOXICITY; UREA;

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; GILL; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUALUS; TELEOST; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 34547730342     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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