Morphological plasticity in metal-sequestering earthworm chloragocytes: Morphometric electron microscopy provides a biomarker of exposure in field populations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 610-618

  Morgan, A John ^a   Turner, Michael P ^a   Morgan, John E ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Chloragocytes; Earthworms; Metals; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DERIVATIVES; METALS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SOILS; SUBSTRATES; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

METAL SEQUESTERING;

TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; LEAD; METAL; ZINC;

BIOMARKER; EARTHWORM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BODY BURDEN; CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARTHWORM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METAL RECOVERY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLIGOCHAETA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICIDAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0036188603     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620210321     Document Type: Article

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