Challenges for the development of a biotic ligand model predicting copper toxicity in estuaries and seas

A de Polo, MD Scrimshaw - Environmental Toxicology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
An effort is ongoing to develop a biotic ligand model (BLM) that predicts copper (Cu) toxicity
in estuarine and marine environments. At present, the BLM accounts for the effects of water …

Waterborne copper exposure inhibits ammonia excretion and branchial carbonic anhydrase activity in euryhaline guppies acclimated to both fresh water and sea …

AM Zimmer, IF Barcarolli, CM Wood, A Bianchini - Aquatic Toxicology, 2012 - Elsevier
Inhibition of ammonia excretion (Jamm) is a common response to Cu exposure in freshwater
(FW) and seawater (SW) organisms. To determine the mechanism of this response, a …

Fish Gills Alterations as Potential Biomarkers of Environmental Quality in a Eutrophized Tropical River in South‐Eastern B razil

AA Nascimento, FG Araújo, ID Gomes… - Anatomia, Histologia …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Gill anomalies in three common fish species of different taxonomic order, habitat dwelling
and feeding habits (one C haraciformes, O ligosarcus hepsetus; one S iluriformes, H …

Effects of copper on the acute cortisol response and associated physiology in rainbow trout

MS Tellis, D Alsop, CM Wood - … and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & …, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of chronic waterborne copper (Cu)
exposure on the acute stress-induced cortisol response and associated physiological …

Effects of elevated circulating cortisol levels on hydromineral status and gill tight junction protein abundance in the stenohaline goldfish

H Chasiotis, SP Kelly - General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2012 - Elsevier
A role for cortisol in the regulation of hydromineral balance and gill tight junction (TJ) protein
transcript abundance in the stenohaline freshwater goldfish was investigated. Intraperitoneal …

An integrated approach to assess impact of environmental stress in carp, Cyprinus carpio L.: Biochemical, genotoxic, histopathological and individual level effects

SA Mustafa - 2012 - pearl.plymouth.ac.uk
Studies were undertaken to determine toxicological effects in a model species, Cyprinus
carpio L. following hypoxic exposure either alone or in combination with representative …

Effect of exposure to sublethal concentrations of zinc cyanide on tissue ATPase activity in the fresh water fish, Cirrhinus mrigala (HAM)

SA Dube, BB Hosetti - Archives of Biological Sciences, 2012 - doiserbia.nb.rs
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of zinc cyanide (Zn (CN) 2) on the
ATPase (Na+-K+-, Mg2+, Ca2+) activity of the freshwater fish Cirrhinus mrigala (Ham). Fish …

The Acute and Behavioral Effects of a Copper-Nickel Mixture on Roach Rutilus rutilus

G Svecevičius, N Kazlauskienė… - Bulletin of environmental …, 2012 - Springer
Semi-static acute toxicity tests were conducted on adult roach, Rutilus rutilus, to estimate its
sensitivity toward an equitoxic binary mixture (EBM) of copper and nickel. The sum of their …

Time-specific and population-level differences in physiological responses of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and golden shiners (Notemigonus crysoleucas) …

JD Peles, DH Pistole, MC Moffe - Aquatic toxicology, 2012 - Elsevier
The influence of exposure time on gill Na+/K+ ATPase activity and metabolic rate in
populations of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and golden shiners (Notemigonus …

[PDF][PDF] Histopatological markers for copper toxicity in rainbow trout fry (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

NA Salman, JL Ullman, K Snekvik… - Basrah Journal of …, 2012 - academia.edu
One month old fry of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) of 0.5 g weight were exposed to
three levels of CuSO4. 5H20 at 100, 200 and 400 ppb Cu for 24, 48, 72 and 96 h periods …