Sublethal effects of experimental exposure to mercury in European flat oyster Ostrea edulis: Cell alterations and quantitative analysis of metal

BioMetals

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-284

  Bigas, M ^a   Amiard Triquet, C ^b   Durfort, M ^a   Poquet, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Cellular alterations; Digestive gland; Gills; Hg; Ostrea edulis

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM; EXPOSURE; GILL; INTERSTITIUM; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SURVIVAL; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GILLS; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSTREIDAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0030712184     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018320315786     Document Type: Article

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