DNA integrity in Asterias rubens: A biomarker reflecting the pollution of the North Sea?

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 123-129

  Everaarts, J M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asterias rubens; Biomarker; DNA strand breaks; Genotoxicity; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS;

EID: 0030955661     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(97)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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