Biochemical biomarkers in adult female perch (Perca fluviatilis) in a chronically polluted gradient in the Stockholm recipient (Sweden)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 451-468

  Hansson, Tomas ^a   Schiedek, Doris ^b   Lehtonen, Kari K ^c   Vuorinen, Pekka J ^d   Liewenborg, Birgitta ^a   Noaksson, Erik ^a   Tjärnlund, Ulla ^a   Hanson, Marsha ^a   Balk, Lennart ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

AChE; DNA adducts; EROD; Metallothionein; PAH metabolites; PCB

Indexed keywords

ACHE ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SUBSTANCES; EROD SOMATIC INDEXES; METALLOTHIONEIN;

DNA; HEALTH HAZARDS; LAKES; METABOLITES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMARKERS;

1 PYRENOL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMARKER; DNA; PCB; PERCIFORM; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LIVER LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PERCH; POLLUTION MONITORING; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEA POLLUTION; SWEDEN;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DNA ADDUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; METALLOTHIONEIN; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCHES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MALAREN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 33748896034     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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