Measurements of biochemical markers of pollution in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis from coastal areas of the Saronikos Gulf (Greece)

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-186

  Tsangaris, C ^a   Strogyloudi, E ^a   Papathanassiou, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Biomarker; Metallothionein; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Saronikos Gulf

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548475348     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.223     Document Type: Article

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