Esterase variation in the periwinkle Littorina littorea, along the western and eastern Scheldt estuarium

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 373-382

  De Wolf, H ^a   Jordaens, K ^a   Reusens, E ^a   Blust, R ^a   Backeljau, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Esterases; Heavy metals; Littorina littorea; Salinity; Scheldt estuary

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; SNAIL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; SNAILS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0035491712     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(01)00091-5     Document Type: Article

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