Temporal dynamics of epidermal responses of guppies Poecilia reticulata to a sublethal range of waterborne zinc concentrations

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2642-2656

  Gheorghiu, C ^a,c   Marcogliese, D J ^b   Scott, M E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidic and neutral mucins; Epidermal histology; Epidermal thickness; Fish epidermis; Mucous cells; Physiological adaptations

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EPIDERMIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; MUCINS; POECILIA; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 75149119735     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02457.x     Document Type: Article

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