Morphological and metabolic changes in common carp, cyprinus carpio, during short-term copper exposure : Interactions between Cu2+ and plasma cortisol elevation

• Published in: Environmental toxicology and chemistry Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 374 - 381
• Main Authors: DE BOECK, Gudrun, VLAEMINCK, Andrea, BALM, Paul H. M, LOCK, Robert A. C, DE WACHTER, Bart, BLUST, Ronny
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pensacola, FL SETAC 01.02.2001
• Subjects: Agnatha. Pisces; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Carps; Copper - toxicity; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gills - drug effects; Gills - enzymology; Hydrocortisone - blood; Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase - antagonists & inhibitors; Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase - metabolism; Poison interaction; Enzyme; Toxicity; Adenosinetriphosphatase; Time response relation; Gill disease; Hydrocortisone; Glucocorticoid; Young animal; Heavy metal; Freshwater environment; Vertebrata; Pisces; Adrenal hormone; Hydrolases; Water pollution; Chloride cell; Cyprinus carpio; Cyprinidae; Copper; Comparative study

The effects of increased endogenous cortisol levels were compared with those of sublethal copper exposure in the freshwater common carp, Cyprinus carpio. Fish were exposed to either increased levels of endogenous cortisol (200 ng/ml) or sublethal copper (1.9 microM) alone or were pretreated by eleva...