Hematological and gill histopathological parameters of three tropical fish species from a polluted lagoon on the west coast of Mauritius

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-371

  Elahee, K B ^a   Bhagwant, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Epinephelus merra; Ichthyohematology; Nucleocytoplasmic ratio; Scarus ghobban; Siganus sutor

Indexed keywords

IRON; MERCURY; OXYGEN; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BLOOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRON; LAGOON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BLOOD CELL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FISH; GILL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAGOON; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MARINE SPECIES; MAURITIUS; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; TROPICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; GILLS; IRON; MAURITIUS; MERCURY; OXYGEN; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EPINEPHELUS MERRA; SCARUS GHOBBAN; SIGANUS SUTOR;

EID: 34948848144     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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