Ocean acidification slows retinal function in a damselfish through interference with GABAA receptors

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-326

  Chung, Wen Sung ^a   Marshall, N Justin ^a   Watson, Sue Ann ^b   Munday, Philip L ^b   Nilsson, Göran E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Coral reef; Electroretinogram; Flicker fusion frequency; Vision

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SEA; VISION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CORAL REEF; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FLICKER FUSION FREQUENCY; VISION;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCIFORMES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RETINA; SEAWATER; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84893411821     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.092478     Document Type: Article

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