Biomarkers of hydrocarbon exposure and sublethal effects in embiotocid fishes from a natural petroleum seep in the Santa Barbara Channel

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-219

  Spies, Robert B ^a   Stegeman, John J ^b   Hinton, David E ^c   Woodin, Bruce ^b   Smolowitz, Roxanne ^b   Okihiro, Mark ^c   Shea, Damion ^d  

^a Applied Marine Sciences   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Embiotocids; Histopathology; P450; Petroleum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FISH; GILL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

BIOMARKERS; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL PETROLEUM SEEP; SUBLETHAL EFFECTS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA;

EID: 0029668909     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-445X(95)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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