Physiological effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on soft-shell clam Mya arenaria

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-134

  Frouin, H ^a   Pellerin, J ^a   Fournier, M ^b   Pelletier, E ^a   Richard, P ^a   Pichaud, N ^a   Rouleau, C ^c   Garnerot, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminium smelter; Endocrine disruption; Energy reserves; Immune system; Oxidative stress; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Sexual maturation; Soft shell clams (Mya arenaria)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON 14; CATALASE; CHARCOAL; GLYCOGEN; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT RESERVE; GAMETOGENESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OXIDATION; PAH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMELTING;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD CELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MYA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SOOT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GLYCOGEN; HEMOCYTES; MALE; MYA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 33947717225     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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