A biomonitoring study assessing the residual biological effects of pollution caused by the HAVEN wreck on marine organisms in the Ligurian sea (Italy)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 607-616

  Viarengo, A ^a   Dondero, F ^a   Pampanin, D M ^b   Fabbri, R ^c   Poggi, E ^c   Malizia, M ^c   Bolognesi, C ^d   Perrone, E ^d   Gollo, E ^e   Cossa, G P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure   (Italy)

^f Agenzia Regione Piemonte per l'Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Bioindicators; Biomarkers; Biomonitoring; Fish; Mussel

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID; LIPOFUSCIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MARINE POLLUTION; MEMBRANE; OIL SPILL; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGY; WRECK; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BOOPS BOOPS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; ITALY; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MARINE SPECIES; MULLUS BARBATUS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; URANOSCUPUS SCABER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; ITALY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARENZANO; EURASIA; EUROPE; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BOOPS BOOPS; MULLUS BARBATUS;

EID: 35348834400     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0209-2     Document Type: Article

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