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Time effects on enzyme activity in the mosquitofish, Gambusia Holbrooki
Author(s) -
Heagler M. G.,
Mulvey M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620110503
Subject(s) - gambusia , mosquitofish , biology , time of death , cyprinodontiformes , fish <actinopterygii> , enzyme , enzyme assay , zoology , ecology , toxicology , biochemistry , fishery
A study to examine the maximum interval between time of death and enzymatic sampling was conducted to determine the appropriate interval to procure reliable data from electrophoretic analysis of mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki . Dead fish were sampled at regular time intervals (0, 8, 12, 24 hours) and electrophoresed. All 26 of the enzyme systems assayed were reliably scorable 8 hours after death, with a large number remaining scorable up to 24 hours after death.