Gill ATPase activities of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell), and golden perch, Macquaria ambigua (Richardson): Effects of environmental salt and ammonia

• Published in: Aquaculture Vol. 251; no. 1; pp. 118 - 133
• Main Authors: Alam, Mostafa, Frankel, Theresa L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 20.01.2006; Elsevier Science; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Adenosine triphosphatase; Agnatha. Pisces; Ammonia; Animal aquaculture; Animal productions; Aquaculture; ATPase; Bidyanus bidyanus; Biological and medical sciences; Fish; Freshwater; Freshwater teleosts; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Macquaria ambigua; Salt; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Australia; Salt; Ammonia; ATPase; Freshwater teleosts; Gill; Enzyme; Adenosinetriphosphatase; Freshwater environment; Vertebrata; Salt effect; Pisces; Hydrolases; Teleostei; Osteichthyes; Aquaculture

The Australian freshwater fish, silver and golden perch, are increasingly being used for aquaculture. Addition of salt to water is commonly used in commercial aquaculture to reduce stress attributed to high ammonia concentrations. The activities in gill homogenates of ouabain-sensitive Na +/K +-ATPa...