Sublethal effects of CuO nanoparticles on mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) Are modulated by environmental salinity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Villarreal, Fernando D ^a   Das, Gautom Kumar ^b   Abid, Aamir ^b   Kennedy, Ian M ^b   Kültz, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDE; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; FRESH WATER; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; GILL; GSH GENE; GSSG GENE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; OSMOTIC STRESS; SALINITY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GILLS; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SALINITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TILAPIA;

EID: 84895741599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088723     Document Type: Article

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