Health status of Mya arenaria bivalves collected from contaminated sites in Canada (Saguenay Fjord) and Denmark (Odense Fjord) during their reproductive period

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 348-361

  Gagne F ^a   Blaise, C ^a   Pellerin, J ^b   Pelletier, E ^b   Strand, J ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Gametogenetic activity; Metals; Mya arenaria; Organotins; Oxidative stress; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; IRON; LEAD; LIPID; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; SILVER; TIN; TRIBUTYLTIN; VANADIUM; VITELLOGENIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

AGE; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; DNA; ENZYME; HEALTH STATUS; LIPID; MARINE POLLUTION; METAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; SITE INVESTIGATION;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLAM; CONDITIONING; CONJUGATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DNA ADDUCT; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARY; EXAMINATION; EXOCRINE GLAND; GAMETOGENESIS; GILL; GONAD; HEALTH STATUS; LIPID DEGRADATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOFT TISSUE; TRAFFIC; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GONADS; MALE; METALS; MYA; QUEBEC; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FYN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; ODENSE FJORD; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY FJORD; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY; SCANDINAVIA;

BIVALVIA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 33744538864     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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