Effects of in vivo exposure of Mya arenaria to organic and inorganic mercury on phagocytic activity of hemocytes

Toxicology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 201-211

  Fournier, M ^a,c,d   Pellerin, J ^b,c   Clermont, Y ^d   Morin, Y ^a   Brousseau, P ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Environment; Flow cytometry; Heavy metals; Hemocyte; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MARINE TOXIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; INVERTEBRATE; MERCURIALISM; MYA; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMOCYTES; LIPID METABOLISM; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 0035962034     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(00)00387-5     Document Type: Article

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