Assessing pollution in coastal ecosystems: A preliminary survey using the micronucleus test in the mussel Mytilus edulis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-29

  Izquierdo, Jorge I ^a   Machado, Gonzalo ^b   Ayllon, Fernando ^a   D'Amico, Veronica L ^b   Bala, Luis O ^b   Vallarino, Eduardo ^c   Elias, Rodolfo ^c   Garcia Vazquez, Eva ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Binucleated cells; Bioindicators; Coastal ecosystems; Micronucleus; Mytilus edulis; Pollution surveys

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; EFFLUENT; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EUROPE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; ASTURIAS; CHUBUT PROVINCE; GIJON; PUERTO MADRYN; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0242668416     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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