Acute and chronic un-ionized ammonia toxicity to 'all-fish' growth hormone transgenic common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 4032-4036

  Guan, Bo ^a,b   Hu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Tang Lin ^a   Duan, Ming ^a,b   Li, De Liang ^a,b   Wang, Ya Ping ^a   Zhu, Zuo Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

growth hormone; mortality; toxicity; transgenic common carp; un ionized ammonia

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 78650209300     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4165-5     Document Type: Article

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