Measurements of biomarker levels in flounder (Platichthys flesus) and blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus) from the Gulf of Gdańsk (southern Baltic)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 406-421

  Kopecka, Justyna ^a   Lehtonen, Kari K ^b   Baršiene, Janina ^c   Broeg, Katja ^d   Vuorinen, Pekka J ^e   Gercken, Jens ^f   Pempkowiak, Janusz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Institute of Applied Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biomarkers; Flounder; Gulf of Gda sk; Mussel; Organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; FLOUNDERS; GULF OF GDAŃSK; MUSSELS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIOMARKERS; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TISSUE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMARKER; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOLLUSC; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PROJECT DESIGN; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BALTIC SEA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUNDER; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TISSUE LEVEL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUNDER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LYSOSOMES; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MYTILUS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK;

MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 33748699985     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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