Gill remodeling in three freshwater teleosts in response to high environmental ammonia

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-180

  Sinha, Amit Kumar ^a   Matey, Victoria ^b   Giblen, Terri ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a   De Boeck, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gill morphology; Interlamellar cell mass (ILCM); Mitochondrion rich cells (MRCs); Mucous cells (MCs); Pavement cells (PVCs); Teleosts

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; CELL ORGANELLE; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; SALMONID; TELEOST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER FISH; GILL; GOLDFISH; INNER CELL MASS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SALMONID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; TROUT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

GILL MORPHOLOGY; INTERLAMELLAR CELL MASS (ILCM); MITOCHONDRION RICH CELLS (MRCS); MUCOUS CELLS (MCS); PAVEMENT CELLS (PVCS); TELEOSTS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CARPS; FRESH WATER; GILLS; GOLDFISH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904246888     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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