Toxic Effects of Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate to Decapod Crustaceans: A Review on Factors Influencing their Toxicity, Physiological Consequences, and Coping Mechanisms

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-21

  Romano, Nicholas ^a,b   Zeng, Chaoshu ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

crabs, shrimp; gas exchange; histology; immunology; osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874035658     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641262.2012.753404     Document Type: Review

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