Acute ammonia toxicity and gill morphological changes of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus in normal versus supersaturated oxygen

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1752-1759

  Dong, Xiaoyu ^a,b   Zhang, Xiumei ^a   Qin, Jianguang ^b   Zong, Saobing ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Gill; Japanese flounder; Oxygen; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; JUVENILE; SUPERSATURATION; TOXICITY;

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 84885848227     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2012.03181.x     Document Type: Article

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