Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Table 6 Mean (± SE) values of electrolytes in the kidney of C. gariepinus treated with Corexit 9500

From: Biochemical toxicity of Corexit 9500 dispersant on the gills, liver and kidney of juvenile Clarias gariepinus

Treatments (ml/l)	Na⁺ (mmol/l)	K⁺ (mmol/l)	Cl⁻ (mmol/l)	HCO⁻ (mmol/l)
Control	137.50 ± 11.0^a*	3.55 ± 0.12^a	96.00^b	24.50 ± 2.31^a
0.0125	137.33 ± 4.91^a	4.16 ± 0.09^a	97.66 ± 7.23^ab	24.66 ± 3.33^a
0.025	138.33 ± 7.10^a	4.00^a	96.66 ± 5.21^b	22.66 ± 3.01^ab
0.05	136.50 ± 4.23^a	4.25 ± 0.47^a	99.50 ± 2.87^a	20.50 ± 6.02^b

*Groups with the different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different from each other (P < 0.05)

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