Effect of cortisol on some osmoregulatory parameters of the teleost, Oreochromis niloticus L., after transference from freshwater to seawater

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 562-567

  Fontainhas Fernandes A ^a   Gomes, E F ^b   Reis Henriques, Ma A ^b   Coimbra, J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Freshwater; Salt water; Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); FRESH WATER; HYDROCORTISONE; SEA WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEOST; TILAPIA; TRANSFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 4344646437     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352003000500008     Document Type: Article

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