Metallothionein and metal levels in cytosol of liver, kidney and brain in relation to growth parameters of Mullus surmuletus and Liza aurata from the Eastern Adriatic Sea

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3253-3262

  Filipović, Vlatka ^a   Raspor, Biserka ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Biometric parameters; Cytosol; Fish; Metallothionein; Organs; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

HEAT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

LIVER;

FISHERIES;

CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; METALLOTHIONEIN; TRACE METAL; WILD POPULATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER CYTOSOL; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; KASTELA BAY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

LIZA; LIZA AURATA; MUGILIDAE; MULLUS; MULLUS BARBATUS; MULLUS SURMULETUS;

EID: 0038317880     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00162-3     Document Type: Article

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