Temporal fluctuations and spatial gradients of environmental P(O2), temperature, H2O2 and H2S in its intertidal habitat trigger enzymatic antioxidant protection in the capitellid worm Heteromastus filiformis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 179-191

  Abele, Doris ^a,b   Großpietsch, Heike ^a,b   Pörtner, Hans O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Heteromastus filiformis; Hydrogen peroxide; Hydrogen sulphide; P(O2); Temperature

Indexed keywords

HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS;

EID: 2642714946     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163179     Document Type: Article

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