Differential responses in ammonia excretion, sodium fluxes and gill permeability explain different sensitivities to acute high environmental ammonia in three freshwater teleosts

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-76

  Liew, Hon Jung ^a,c   Sinha, Amit Kumar ^a   Nawata, C Michele ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   Wood, Chris M ^b,d   De Boeck, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia excretion; Common carp; Gill permeability; Goldfish; High environmental ammonia (HEA); Rainbow trout; Sodium flux; Transepithelial potential; Urea excretion

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL AMMONIA; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMMONIA; CYPRINID; EXCRETION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SODIUM; TELEOST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIUM EXCRETION; ARTICLE; CARP; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCRETION; FRESHWATER FISH; GILL; GOLDFISH; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA CYCLE; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GILLS; HYDROCORTISONE; SODIUM; UREA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84868503044     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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