Hepatic metallothionein as a biomarker for metal contamination: Age effects and seasonal variation in European flounders (Pleuronectes flesus) from the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-171

  Rotchell, J M ^a   Clarke, K R ^b   Newton, L C ^c   Bird, D J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Age effects; Bristol Channel; Flounders; Heavy metals; Hepatic metallothionein; Seasonal variation; Severn Estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; METALS;

HEPATIC CONCENTRATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

BIOMARKER; METAL; POLLUTANT; SEASONALITY;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARY; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FLOUNDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURONECTES FLESUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; METABOLISM; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FLOUNDER; LIVER; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0034742644     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(00)00270-1     Document Type: Article

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