copper is a very common element in water resources. for this reason, concerns about the risks and consequences of this element in water contamination are arising. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of water-born cuo (copper (ii) oxide) on the rainbow trout, oncorhynchus mykiss gill tissue to establish a suitable biomarker for copper in water resources. samples with 18±3g b...

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), often used as indicator of environmental stress, was evaluated in gill rakers and filaments of Labeo ogunensis from Ogun river, Southwest Nigeria. Mean length and weight of 13.68 +/- 1.28 cm and 59.40+17.48 g were respectively recorded. The gill rakers (t = -0.919) and filaments (t = -1.150) from both sides were not significantly different. The gill filaments recorde...

Ecologically, morphologically and genetically distinct populations within single taxa often coexist in postglacial lakes and have provided important model systems with which to investigate ecological and evolutionary processes such as niche partitioning and ecological speciation. Within the Salmonidae, these species complexes have been well studied, particularly within the Coregonus clupeaformi...

Mechanisms of induction of osmotic stress transcription factor 1 (Ostf1) were analyzed in gill epithelium of tilapia exposed to salinity stress. Experiments with primary cultures of gill epithelial cells revealed that hyperosmotic Ostf1 induction was independent of systemic factors. In addition, the synthetic glucocorticoid receptor agonist dexamethasone did not affect Ostf1 levels, arguing aga...

Deep-sea Calyptogena clams harbor thioautotrophic intracellular symbiotic bacteria in their gill epithelial cells. The symbiont fixes CO2 to synthesize organic compounds. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) from the host catalyzes the reaction CO2 + H2O ↔ HCO3(-) + H(+), and is assumed to facilitate inorganic carbon (Ci) uptake and transport to the symbiont. However, the localization of CA in gill tissue r...

Sanguinivorous Naobranchia variabilis prefer the first gill arch, external hemibranch and anterior end of the gill arch. The smallest N. variabilis observed attached to fish by a thin filament which connects fused tips of second maxillae to a 'plug' inserted into the gill tissue. Second maxillae enlarge to encircle and increasingly compress the gill filament, which results in a thin layer of ep...

RASKOVIC, B., V. POLEKSIC, I. ZIVIC and M. SPASIC, 2010.Histology of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) gills and pond water quality in semiintensive production. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 16: 253-262 Gills of carp from ponds of the “Vrsacki ritovi” fish farm were studied, and the results discussed with reference to the results of physical and chemical properties of pond water. Subepithelial edema and gill h...

in this study gill-net selectivity for alburnus chalcoides inhabiting the almus dam lake was estimated. experimental gill-net fishing was conducted using gill-net with 15 mm and 20 mm mesh-size, during october 2002 and september 2003. a total of 254 and 198 specimens of a. chalcoides were caught by gill-net with 15 mm and 198 with the 20 mm mesh-size, respectively. the total length of the fish ...

The pattern of efferent neural activity recorded from the isolated brain stem preparation of the tadpole Rana catesbeiana was examined to characterize fictive gill and lung ventilations during ontogeny. In vitro recordings from cranial nerve (CN) roots V, VII, and X and spinal nerve (SN) root II of premetamorphic tadpoles showed a coordinated sequence of rhythmic bursts occurring in one of two ...