Histopathologic and histochemical biomaker responses of Baltic clam, Macoma balthica, to contaminated Sydney Harbour sediment, Nova Scotia, Canada

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Tay, Kok Leng ^a   Teh, Swee Joo ^b   Doe, Ken ^a   Lee, Ken ^c   Jackman, Paula ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Chronic biologic effects; Clams; Histochemistry; Histology; Macoma balthica; Marine sediment; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEAVY METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BALTIC SEA; CANADA; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEATH; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; GERM CELL; GONAD; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MACOMA BALTHICA; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; NECROSIS; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; NECROSIS; NOVA SCOTIA; OVARY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0037350160     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5437     Document Type: Review

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