Target Organ Toxicity in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts, Volume 1
Subtitle: Organs
Contributors: Daniel Schlenk (Editor); William H. Benson (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: June 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780415248389
Subjects: Environmental impact analysis; Fishes (ichthyology); Toxicology (non-medical); Fish Culture (Specific Aspects); Physiology Of Organ Systems; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Toxicology; Medical / Reference; Agriculture - General; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Effect of chemicals on; Osteichthyes; Target organs (Anatomy)
First sentence: The gills of a fish constitute a multifunctional organ (respiration, ionoregulation, acid-base regulation, nitrogenous waste excretion) accounting for well over 50 percent of the total surface area of the animal.