Seasonal variation in ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity in European eels Anguilla anguilla and flounders Pleuronectes flesus from the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 190, Issue , 1999, Pages 263-270

  Rotchell, J M ^a   Bird, D J ^b   Newton, L C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EROD in eels and flounders; Estuarine contamination; Fish biomonitoring; Seasonal variation; Severn Estuary

Indexed keywords

AGE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARY; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; FISH; LIVER; PHENOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SEVERN ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; PLEURONECTES FLESUS;

EID: 0033554825     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps190263     Document Type: Article

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