Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia

Fish Physiology Lab

Coordinator: Bernardo Baldisserotto (bernardo@smail.ufsm.br)

Curriculum vitae (Lattes)

Silver catfish homepage

Research Areas


Effect of physicochemical parameters (pH, water hardness, ammonia, dissolved oxygen, nitrite, dissolved organic carbon) of the water on fish growth.

Effects of waterborne metals (cadmium, thorium, copper) on fish survival, biochemistry and osmoregulation.

Gastrointestinal tract and fish osmoregulation.

Ichthyophthiriasis in silver catfish: effect of water quality and different treatments.

Anesthesia in fish.