Micronucleus assay in aquatic animals

Eco-genotoxicology: Micronucleus Assay in Fish Erythrocytes as In situ Aquatic Pollution Biomarker: a Review

The application of fish erythrocyte micronucleus assay in pollution monitoringparticularly in water has been described as sensitive biodetector of genotoxicants. The pervasiveness of this technique has been characterized by varieties of sensitivities and adequacies in forms of early warning of ecodamage and toxicity, stresses on the health of organisms and ecosystems. Since biodiversity-rich fr...

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Pain in aquatic animals.

Recent developments in the study of pain in animals have demonstrated the potential for pain perception in a variety of wholly aquatic species such as molluscs, crustaceans and fish. This allows us to gain insight into how the ecological pressures and differential life history of living in a watery medium can yield novel data that inform the comparative physiology and evolution of pain. Nocicep...

Osmotic Regulation in Aquatic Animals

OSMOTIC REGULATION IN AQUATIC ANIMALS. By August Krogh. Cambridge: At the University Press; New York: The Macmillan Company. 1939, pp. vii + 242, $4.00. To the series of Cambridge Comparative Physiology monographs, Professor Krogh has added a treatise on "the relations between concentrations of solutions, inside and outside cells and organisms." As Professor Krogh points out, there are wide div...

Effectsofsuspendeddredgedmaterial on Aquatic Animals

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