Influence of salinity in hemolymph vitellogenin of the shore crab Carcinus maenas, to be used as a biomarker of contamination

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 870-877

  Martin Diaz M L ^a   Sales, D ^a   Del Valls Casillas, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARCINUS MAENAS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRAB; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; HEMOLYMPH; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOREBIRD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITELLOGENESIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE;

EID: 11144304103     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0507-9     Document Type: Article

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