Cell and tissue biomarkers in mussel, and histopathology in hake and anchovy from Bay of Biscay after the Prestige oil spill (Monitoring Campaign 2003)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 5-7, 2006, Pages 287-304

  Marigómez, Ionan ^a   Soto, Manu ^a   Cancio, Ibon ^a   Orbea, Amaia ^a   Garmendia, Larraitz ^a   Cajaraville, Miren P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

"Prestige" oil spill; Anchovy; Biomarkers; Cantabrian Sea; Galicia; Hake; Histopathology; Mussel

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CELLS; MARINE POLLUTION; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANCHOVY; CANTABRIAN SEA; GALICIA; HAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MUSSEL;

OIL SPILLS;

ACYL COENZYME A OXIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OIL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIOMARKER; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOLLUSC; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SAMPLING;

ANCHOVY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL DEATH; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; GONAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER CELL NUCLEUS; LYSOSOME; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NECROSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PARASITE; PEROXISOME; SEA POLLUTION; SHIP; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FUEL OILS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; SHIPS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 33745274206     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.09.026     Document Type: Article

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