Effects of acidic water and aluminum exposure on gill Na+, K+-ATPase α-subunit isoforms, enzyme activity, physiology and return rates in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-259

  Nilsen, Tom O ^a   Ebbesson, Lars O E ^a   Kverneland, Ole G ^a   Kroglund, Frode ^b   Finstad, Bengt ^c   Stefansson, Sigurd O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Branchial; Marine survival; Osmoregulation; Physiology; Salmonids

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM) ALPHA 1A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM) ALPHA 1B; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM) ALPHA 1C; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM) ALPHA 3; ALUMINUM; CHLORIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FRESH WATER; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCLIMATION; ACID RAIN; ACIDITY; ALUMINUM COMPOUND; ANADROMY; BIOINDICATOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MITOCHONDRION; OSMOREGULATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RETURN MIGRATION; RNA; SALMONID; SMOLT; SURVIVAL; WATER QUALITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACIDITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GILL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HOMEOSTASIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SALMON; STRESS;

ALUMINUM; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GILLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SALMO SALAR; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

IMSA RIVER; NORWAY;

SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77951937663     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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