The effects of ammonia and water hardness on the hormonal, osmoregulatory and metabolic responses of the freshwater silver catfish Rhamdia quelen

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 152, Issue , 2014, Pages 341-352

  Baldisserotto, Bernardo ^a   Martos Sitcha, Juan Antonio ^b,c   Menezes, Charlene C ^a   Toni, Cândida ^a   Prati, Ricardo L ^d   Garcia, Luciano de O ^d   Salbego, Joseânia ^a   Mancera, Juan Miguel ^c   Martínez Rodríguez, Gonzalo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Growth hormone; Ions; Metabolites; Prolactin; Somatolactin

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; OROTIC ACID; PROLACTIN; SOMATOLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; ION; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; OSMOREGULATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHAMDIA QUELEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS;

CORTISOL; GROWTH HORMONE; IONS; METABOLITES; PROLACTIN; SOMATOLACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CATFISHES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FISH PROTEINS; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899869901     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.04.023     Document Type: Article

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