Acute effects of ammonia on antioxidative response and gill Na +/K+ ATPase activity of juvenile Australian red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus)

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-560

  Jiang, Qichen ^a   Lv, Linlan ^a   Jiang, Guangzhen ^b   Minter, Ewan ^c   Wang, Qing ^a   Huang, Wenting ^a   Dong, Siming ^a   Yang, Jiaxin ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia toxicity; Antioxidant system; Cherax quadricarinatus; LC50; Na + K+ ATPase activity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUACULTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAYFISH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; JUVENILE; NITROGEN; PH; PRODUCTIVITY; TOXICITY;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS;

EID: 84876235338     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2012.678395     Document Type: Article

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