Stress on stress response of wild mussels, Mytilus edulis and Mytilus trossulus, as an indicator of ecosystem health

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 407-416

  Hellou, J ^a   Law, R J ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition index; Lipid content; Mussels; PAHs; Stress

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

WILD MUSSELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

LIPID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONDITION FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; MOLLUSC; PAH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STRESS;

AIR; ANIMAL HEALTH; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MUSSEL; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SPECIES; STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 0041829275     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00231-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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