Search Results - "Wendelaar Bonga, S.E."
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Importance of different carbon sources for macroinvertebrates and fishes of an interlinked mangrove–mudflat ecosystem (Tanzania)
Published in Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (10-08-2010)“…Mangroves function as important shelter and feeding habitats for marine fauna, but the degree to which mangrove-derived carbon contributes to local food webs…”
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Effects of husbandry conditions on the skin colour and stress response of red porgy, Pagrus pagrus
Published in Aquaculture (26-11-2004)“…Red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, is a potential candidate for aquaculture. However, darkening of the body occurs after capture of wild fish and during farming of…”
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Dietary supplementation with arachidonic acid alters the stress response of gilthead seabream ( Sparus aurata) larvae
Published in Aquaculture (01-09-2004)“…Gilthead seabream ( Sparus aurata L.) larvae were fed Artemia nauplii enriched with a low or high level of arachidonic acid (ArA, 20:4n-6; 1.5 and 7.5 mg ArA/g…”
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Alpha-MSH, the melanocortin-1 receptor and background adaptation in the Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus
Published in General and comparative endocrinology (01-11-2005)“…The regulation of skin darkness in vertebrates is mediated by α-melanophore-stimulating-hormone (αMSH). For this action, αMSH binds to the melanocortin (MC)-1…”
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The off-host survival and viability of a native and non-native fish louse (Argulus, Crustacea: Branchiura)
Published in Current zoology (01-12-2011)“…Abstract Fish ectoparasites are introduced to water bodies or aquaculture systems along with their hosts. Argulid fish lice can survive off-host for a given…”
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Background adaptation and water acidification affect pigmentation and stress physiology of tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus
Published in General and comparative endocrinology (01-10-2005)“…The ability to adjust skin darkness to the background is a common phenomenon in fish. The hormone α-melanophore-stimulating hormone (αMSH) enhances skin…”
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Effects of water-borne copper on branchial chloride cells and Na +/K +-ATPase activities in Mozambique tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus)
Published in Aquatic toxicology (01-09-1998)“…Freshwater tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus) were exposed for different periods up to 28 days to 3.2 μM of water-borne Cu. Electron microscopical analysis of…”
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Differences between Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout in the Regulation of the Pituitary–Interrenal Axis and Physiological Performance during Confinement
Published in General and comparative endocrinology (01-08-1999)“…The responses of rainbow trout and brown trout to the same stressor were compared by measuring primary and secondary stress responses during and after a 5.5-h…”
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Cloning and expression of two proopiomelanocortin mRNAs in the common carp ( Cyprinus carpio L.)
Published in Molecular and cellular endocrinology (25-08-1998)“…Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) is the precursor for a number of biologically active peptides such as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), α-melanocyte-stimulating…”
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Conservation of Apoptosis as an Immune Regulatory Mechanism: Effects of Cortisol and Cortisone on Carp Lymphocytes
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-06-1997)“…This is the first study to show that apoptosis as an immune regulatory mechanism is conserved in fish, demonstrating its importance in maintaining…”
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Ambient salinity modulates the response of the tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters), to net confinement
Published in Aquaculture (01-07-1999)“…The stress response of the euryhaline tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus adapted to either fresh water (FW) or salt water (Instant Ocean™, 950 mosm; (SW)) was…”
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Physiological colour changes in the red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, following adaptation to blue lighting spectrum
Published in Fish physiology and biochemistry (01-01-2002)“…The effect of lighting spectrum (full vs. blue) on skin colour and stress response in red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, held under a 12L:12D photoperiod was…”
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In vitro evidence that cortisol directly modulates stress-related responses in the skin epidermis of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum)
Published in Fish physiology and biochemistry (01-01-2002)“…Exposure of fish to stressors leads to multiple changes in the skin epithelium. We investigated the role of the stress hormone cortisol in the control of these…”
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Husbandry stress during early life stages affects the stress response and health status of juvenile sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax
Published in Fish & shellfish immunology (2006)“…In aquaculture management it is important to establish objective criteria to assess health and welfare of the fish. Here we show that European sea bass (…”
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Background colour influence on the stress response in cultured red porgy Pagrus pagrus
Published in Aquaculture (02-06-2003)“…Red porgy Pagrus pagrus were placed and maintained in white, grey and black background fibreglass tanks for 2 weeks. Additionally, fish kept in white and black…”
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Identification of hypocalcin (teleocalcin) isolated from trout Stannius corpuscles
Published in General and comparative endocrinology (01-01-1988)“…We have isolated and purified a glycoprotein from the corpuscles of Stannius (CS) of trout, which we consider hypocalcin (also called teleocalcin), the major…”
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Status of pollution in mangrove ecosystems along the coast of Tanzania
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Carbaryl exposure and recovery modify the interrenal and thyroidal activities and the mitochondria-rich cell function in the climbing perch Anabas testudineus Bloch
Published in Aquatic toxicology (15-01-2013)“…► The physiologic responses of climbing perch to carbaryl was studied. ► Carbaryl exposure produced interrenal and thyroidal disruption in this fish. ► These…”
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