The effect of hypoxia on gill morphology and ionoregulatory status in the Lake Qinghai scaleless carp, Gymnocypris przewalskii

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1063-1074

  Matey, Victoria ^a   Richards, Jeffrey G ^b   Wang, Yuxiang ^c   Wood, Chris M ^d   Rogers, Joe ^d   Davies, Rhiannon ^c   Murray, Brent W ^e   Chen, X Q ^f   Du, Jizeng ^f   Brauner, Colin J ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gill morphology; Hypoxia; Ionoregulation; Mitochondria rich cell; Osmorespiratory compromise

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARP; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GILL; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CARPS; CASPASE 3; DIFFUSION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FRESH WATER; GILLS; MITOCHONDRIA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

CARASSIUS; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CYPRINIDAE; GYMNOCYPRIS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 43049086695     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.010181     Document Type: Article

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