Date of Award
1975
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Biology
Abstract
Specimens of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) were exposed to homogenates of Lophopodella carter, an ectoproct that contains substances toxic to some gilled vertebrates. The homogenates caused significant decreases in blood Na+ and Cl - and a significant increase in lactate. Potassium levels were unaffected. It is proposed that these changes in blood. properties were caused by damage to ion transport mechanisms of the gill epithelium.
Recommended Citation
Dance, Robert Fisher, "Effects of the toxins of Lophopodella carteri (ectoprocta), on blood lactate and electrolytes of Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill)" (1975). Master's Theses. 1160.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/1160