Relationships between intertidal clam population and health status of the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Saguenay Fjord (Québec, Canada)

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-43

  Gagne F ^a   Blaise, C ^a   Pellerin, J ^b   Fournier, M ^c   Durand, M J ^d   Talbot, A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Mya arenaria clams; Population; Toxic stress

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ESTUARIES; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

MITOCHONDRIAL ELECTRON TRANSPORT (MET); MYA ARENARIA CLAMS; TOXIC STRESS;

AIR POLLUTION;

DIBUTYLTIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CANADA; CELL VIABILITY; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESTUARY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MYA; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY FJORD; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 37049027275     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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