Altered exoskeleton composition and vitellogenesis in the crustacean Gammarus sp. collected at polluted sites in the Saguenay Fjord, Quebec, Canada

Environmental Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-99

  Gagne F ^a   Blaise, C ^a   Pellerin, J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitin; Exoskeleton proteins; Gammarus sp.; Metallothioneins; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHITIN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALIC ACID; METALLOTHIONEIN; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

CHITIN; EXOSKELETON; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GAMMARUS; GENDER; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MALE; MATURATION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE; VITELLOGENESIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY FJORD; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS SP.;

EID: 13844281643     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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