Complex physiological traits as biomarkers of the sub-lethal toxicological effects of pollutant exposure in fishes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1487, 2007, Pages 2043-2059

  McKenzie, D J ^a,d   Garofalo, E ^b   Winter, M J ^a   Ceradini, S ^b   Verweij, F ^c   Day, N ^a   Hayes, R ^a   Van Der Oost, R ^c   Butler, P J ^a   Chipman, J K ^a   Taylor, E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CESI   (Italy)

^c Omegam Water   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Exercise performance; Metabolic rate; Pollution; River; Sub lethal

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMARKER; CYPRINID; HEAVY METAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; TOXICOLOGY; XENOBIOTICS;

AMSTEL RIVER; AMSTERDAM; BENELUX; BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; BLYTHE RIVER; COLE RIVER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAMBRO RIVER; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAME RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; PISCES;

EID: 35848951878     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2100     Document Type: Article

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