Effects of metal contamination in situ on osmoregulation and oxygen consumption in the mudflat fiddler crab Uca rapax (Ocypodidae, Brachyura)
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Effects of waterborne copper delivered under two different exposure and salinity regimes on osmotic and ionic regulation in the mudflat fiddler crab, Minuca rapax (Ocypodidae, Brachyura).
The effects of exposure to copper (Cu) on tissue Cu accumulation, on hemolymph osmotic, Na+ and Cl- regulation, and on gill Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) and carbonic anhydrase (CA) activities were evaluated in the fiddler crab Minuca rapax. Waterborne copper was delivered to the crabs at one of three salinities (seawater at 25‰ salinity [S] = isosmotic control; distilled water [<0.1‰ S] = hypo-osmotic m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1532-0456
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2016.03.004