Multi-response biomarker approach in the crab Carcinus aestuarii experimentally exposed to benzo(a)pyrene, polychlorobiphenyls and methyl-mercury

Biomarkers

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 311-319

  Fossi, M C ^a   Savelli, C ^a   Casini, S ^a   Franchi, E ^a   Mattei, N ^a   Corsi, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Carcinus aestuarii; Invertebrates; Methyl mercury; Multi response biomarker approach; Polychlorobiphenyls

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000083547     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135475097231544     Document Type: Article

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