Comparing the response of biochemical indicators (biomarkers) and biological indices to diagnose the ecological impact of an oil spillage in a Mediterranean river (NE Catalunya, Spain)

Chemosphere

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1206-1216

  Damásio, Joana B ^a   Barata, Carlos ^a   Munné, Antoni ^b   Ginebreda, Antoni ^b   Guasch, Helena ^c   Sabater, Sergi ^c   Caixach, Josep ^d   Porte, Cinta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Agència Catalana de l Aigua   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Biomarkers; Mediterranean river; Oil spill; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; OIL SPILLS;

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; MEDITERRANEAN RIVER; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; FLUORESCENT DYE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; LIVER ENZYME; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; OIL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; OIL SPILLS; RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER POLLUTION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BARBUS MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 33845222411     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.07.055     Document Type: Article

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