A nose-to-nose comparison of the physiological and molecular responses of rainbow trout to high environmental ammonia in seawater versus freshwater

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3557-3569

  Wood, Chris M ^a,b   Nawata, C Michele ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia transport; Cortisol; Gene expression; K + ATPase; Na +; Oncorhynchus mykiss; PNH 3; Rhesus glycoprotein; Transepithelial potential

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; FISH PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; HYDROCORTISONE; SEA WATER; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GILL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FISH PROTEINS; FRESH WATER; GILLS; HYDROCORTISONE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; UREA;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 80054690683     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.057802     Document Type: Article

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