Calcium fluxes in Hoplosternum littorale (tamoatá) exposed to different types of Amazonian waters

Fishes that live in the Amazonian environment may be exposed to several kinds of waters: "black waters", containing high dissolved organic carbon and acidic pH, "white waters", with ten fold higher Ca2+ concentrations than black waters and neutral pH, and "clear waters"...

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Main Authors: Bernardo Baldisserotto, Carlos Eduardo Copatti, Levy Carvalho Gomes, Edsandra Campos Chagas, Richard Philip Brinn, Rodrigo Roubach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252009000300014&lng=en&tlng=en