Toxicological effects of methylmercury on walleye (Sander vitreus) and perch (Perca flavescens) from lakes of the boreal forest

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-149

  Larose, Catherine ^a   Canuel, René ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a   Di Giulio, Richard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish physiological condition; Glutathione; Hepatosomatic indices; Methylmercury; Walleye

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; LAKE; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDER VITREUS; TAIGA; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

PERCA FLAVESCENS; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 37349110831     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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