The sister chromatid exchange test as an indicator of marine pollution: Some factors affecting SCE frequencies in Mytilus galloprovincialis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 113-119

  Pasantes, J J ^a   Martinez Exposito M J ^a   Torreiro, A ^a   Mendez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU); Biomonitoring; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Sister Chromatid Exchange (SCE)

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; BIVALVIA;

GENETIC DAMAGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; POLLUTION INDICATOR; POLLUTION INDICATORS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE TEST;

EID: 0030302945     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps143113     Document Type: Article

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