Increased phagocytic activity in contaminated seastars (Asterias rubens) collected in the Southern Bight of the North Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1295-1302

  Coteur, G ^a   Danis, B ^a   Wantier, P ^b   Pernet, Ph ^a   Dubois, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asterias rubens; Contamination; Echinoderms; Heavy metals; Immunity; North Sea; PCBs

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAVY METALS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS;

ASTERIAS RUBENS; ECHINIDERMS; IMMUNITY; NORTH SEA;

CELLS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ZINC;

ECHINODERM; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHINODERM; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; METALS, HEAVY; NORTH SEA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STARFISH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SOUTHERN BIGHT;

ANIMALIA; ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 27744600906     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.04.038     Document Type: Article

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