Biomarkers as diagnostic tools for evaluating effects of unknown past water quality conditions on stream organisms

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 451-465

  Triebskorn, Rita ^a,b   Adam, Stefan ^a   Casper, Heidi ^a   Honnen, Wolfgang ^c   Pawert, Michael ^a   Schramm, Michael ^a   Schwaiger, Julia ^d   Köhler, Heinz R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b S T Ctr Ecotoxicol/Ecophysiol   (Germany)

^c Steinbeis Transfer Centre Applied and Environmental Chemistry   (Germany)

^d Bavarian Water Management Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crayfish mortality; Stress proteins; Trout biomarkers; Ultrastructure and histopathology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLOROBENZENE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOMARKER; MORTALITY; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BROWN TROUT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; GILLS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LIVER; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS ASTACUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PULEX; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036919070     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021009418421     Document Type: Article

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