Chemical and biochemical tools to assess pollution exposure in cultured fish

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-146

  Fernandes, Denise ^a,b   Zanuy, Silvia ^c   Bebianno, Maria João ^a   Porte, Cinta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biochemical markers; Farmed fish; Pollution; Sea bass

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; FISH; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

FARMED FISH; SEA BASS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALKYLPHENOL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VITELLOGENIN; ZINC;

AQUACULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COPPER; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENZYME; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BASS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIVER; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPAIN; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 39749144096     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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