Hemoglobin and hematocrit values in the fish Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) after short term exposure to copper and mercury

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701764· OSTI ID:7167095

Cyriac, P J; Antony, A; Nambisan, P N.K. ^[1]

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1. Cochin Univ. of Science and Technology (India)

Hematology is used as an index of health status in a number of fish species. Hematological changes have been detected following different types of stress conditions like exposure to pollutants, diseases, hypoxia, etc. Copper and mercury are two known aquatic pollutants. Though copper is an essential micro-nutrient, it is highly toxic at high concentrations. Mercury has no biological function to serve and causes serious impairment in the metabolic and physiological functions of the body. In this paper hematocrit and hemoglobin (Hb) values in the fish Oreochromis mossambicus separately exposed to two different sublethal concentrations of copper and mercury for a period of 168 h are reported.

• OSTI ID: 7167095
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA), Journal Name: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA) Vol. 43:2; ISSN 0007-4861; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACUTE EXPOSURE
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
FISHES
GLOBINS
HEMATOLOGY
HEMOGLOBIN
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
MEDICINE
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PIGMENTS
PORPHYRINS
PROTEINS
TIME DEPENDENCE
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES