Effects of estuarine sediment contamination on feeding and on key physiological functions of the polychaete Hediste diversicolor: Laboratory and in situ assays

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-201

  Moreira, Susana M ^a,b   Lima, Inês ^a,b   Ribeiro, Rui ^c   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological relevance; Estuaries; Hediste diversicolor; Oxidative stress; Postexposure feeding; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANOXIA; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FEEDING; IN SITU TEST; INVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTUARY; FEEDING; HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIPID PEROXIDES; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHAETA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BEJA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIRA ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33646508590     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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