Presence of cytochrome P450 in the Caribbean corals Siderastrea siderea and Montastraea faveolata;Presencia del citocromo P450 en las especies de coral Siderastrea siderea y Montastraea faveolata del Caribe

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 31, Issue 1 A, 2005, Pages 23-30

  Garcia E ^a   Ramos, R ^a   Bastidas, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cnidarians; Coral reefs; Cytochrome P450; Scleractinians

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CORAL; CYTOCHROME;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; INVERTEBRATA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; SCLERACTINIA; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 15044357081     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v31i11.81     Document Type: Article

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