Free amino acids as a biochemical indicator of stress in the estuarine bivalve Macoma balthica

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 188, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 233-241

  Hummel, H ^a   Amiard Triquet, C ^b   Bachelet, G ^c   Desprez, M ^d   Marchand, J ^b   Sylvand, B ^e   Amiard, J C ^b   Rybarczyk, H ^d   Bogaards, R H ^a   Sinke, J ^a   De Wolf, L ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d GEMEL Picardie   (France)

^e Station Marine   (France)

Author keywords

Bio indicator; Copper; Free amino acids; Geographic cline; Macoma balthica; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COPPER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA;

BIOCHEMICAL INDICATOR; BIOINDICATORS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHICAL GRADIENT; STRESS INDICATOR;

EID: 0030479917     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05177-7     Document Type: Article

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