Biomarkers of a native fish species (Cnesterodon decemmaculatus) application to the water toxicity assessment of a peri-urban polluted river of Argentina

Chemosphere

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 577-583

  De La Torre, Fernando R ^a,b   Ferrari, Lucrecia ^a,c   Salibián, Alfredo ^a,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cnesterodon decemmaculatus; Freshwater pollution; Indigenous test species; Reconquista river (Argentina); Toxicity assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMONITORING; LIVER SOMATIC INDEX (LSI); PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIVER ENZYME; RIVER WATER;

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; FISH; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GILL; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTEIN CONTENT; TELEOST; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; RECONQUISTA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CNESTERODON DECEMMACULATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 15244360778     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.12.039     Document Type: Article

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