Liver histopathology in Baltic flounder (Platichthys flesus) as indicator of biological effects of contaminants

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 488-496

  Lang, Thomas ^a   Wosniok, Werner ^b   Baršiene, Janina ^c   Broeg, Katja ^d   Kopecka, Justyna ^e   Parkkonen, Jari ^f  

^a Federal Research Centre for Fisheries   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

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

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biological effects of contaminants; Liver histopathology; Platichthys flesus

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CONTAMINANTS; LIVER HISTOPATHOLOGY; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COASTAL ZONES; HISTOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; PATHOLOGY; SAMPLING;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; FINFISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LESION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LITHUANIA; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA POLLUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TISSUE SECTION; TOXICOGENETICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BALTIC STATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUNDER; LIVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; BUTINGE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; GULF OF GDANSK; KLAIPEDA; KVADOFJARDEN; LITHUANIA; MECKLENBURG-WEST POMERANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; OSTERGOTLAND; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WISMAR BAY;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 33748700815     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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