Assessment of the use of biomarkers in aquatic plants for the evaluation of environmental quality: Application to seagrasses

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-204

  Ferrat, L ^a   Pergent Martini, C ^a   Romeo M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Biomarkers; Detoxication; Glutathione S transferase; Oxidative stress; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; PHYTOCHELATIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; SEAGRASS;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LITTORAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; REVIEW; SEAGRASS;

POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0042477596     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(03)00133-4     Document Type: Article

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