Effects of subchronic nitrite exposure on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 813-820

  Kroupova, H ^a   Machova, J ^a   Piackova, V ^a   Blahova, J ^b   Dobsikova, R ^b   Novotny, L ^b   Svobodova, Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blood biochemistry; Fish; Growth rate; Haematology; Histology; Nitrite accumulation

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEMATOLOGY; INHIBITION; MORTALITY; NITRITE; PLASMA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GILL; GROWTH RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAINBOW TROUT;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GILLS; NITRITES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 53049099044     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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