title: Effects of petroleum refinery wastewater exposure on gill ATPase and selected blood parameters in the Pacific staghorn sculpin (leptocottus armatus).
abstract: 1. The effects of in vivo exposure to various concentrations of petroleum refinery wastewater on gill ATPase, plasma protein, plasma osmolarity, and hematocrit were measured in the euryhaline fish, Leptocottus armatus. 2. The extent of the reduction in Na,K-ATPase activity resulting from the exposure to the two refineries wastewaters may be related to wastewater chemical composition. 3. Changes in the blood chemistry parameters did not follow a consistent or easily explainable pattern.
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005399:Fishes / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D005880:Gills / Q000201:enzymology; D006400:Hematocrit; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000633:toxicity*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010578:Petroleum; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D007220:Industrial Waste; D010578:Petroleum; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases