Annelids and nematodes as sentinels of environmental pollution

Comments on Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 289-301

  Monserrat, Jose M ^a   Rosa, C E ^a   Sandrini, J Z ^a   Marins, L F ^a   Bianchini, A ^a   Geracitano, L A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annelids; Aquatic pollution; Biomonitoring; Metallothionein expression; Nematodes; Oxidatives stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN 61; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; PHYTOCHELATIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANNELID WORM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ESTUARY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; FUNGI; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA;

EID: 3042745712     PISSN: 08865140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08865140390450386     Document Type: Review

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