Resistance to water pollution in natural gudgeon (Gobio gobio) populations may be due to genetic adaptation

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-165

  Knapen, Dries ^a,b   Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Verheyen, Erik ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Genetic adaptation; Gobio gobio; Gudgeon; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; CADMIUM; DISTURBANCE; NATURAL SELECTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPOSURE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CADMIUM; CYPRINIDAE; METALLOPROTEINS; MOLYBDENUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GOBIO; GOBIO GOBIO; PISCES;

EID: 1542345506     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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