Metallothionein in liver of eels Anguilla anguilla from the Thames Estuary: An indicator of environmental quality?

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-293

  Langston, W J ^a   Chesman, B S ^a   Burt, G R ^a   Pope, N D ^b   McEvoy, J ^c  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anguilla anguilla; Bioavailability; Eels; Metallothionein; Metals; Pollution; Thames Estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DETOXIFICATION; ESTUARIES; METABOLISM; METALS; PROTEINS;

METALLOTHIONEINS;

CONTAMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; RIVER WATER;

DETOXIFICATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTUARY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SUPERNATANT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY BURDEN; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIVER; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0036138486     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(01)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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