Toxicity testing using esterase inhibition as a biomarker in three species of the genus Lecane (Rotifera)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 776-782

  Alejandro Pérez Legaspi, Ignacio ^a   Rico Martínez, Roberto ^a   Pineda Rosas, Arikitza ^a  

^a Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicology; In vivo biomarker; Invertebrates; Metals

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTERIFICATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; TOXICITY;

TOXICANTS;

BIOMARKERS;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; ESTERASE; LEAD; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; TITANIUM; TOLUENE; VINYL ACETATE;

BIOMARKER; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTIFERA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTERASES; ROTIFERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LECANE; LECANE HAMATA; LECANE LUNA; LECANE QUADRIDENTATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0036556417     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2002)021<0776:TTUEIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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