Erythrocytic nuclear abnormalities in wild and caged fish (Liza aurata) along an environmental mercury contamination gradient

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-421

  Guilherme, S ^a   Valega M ^a   Pereira, M E ^a   Santos, M A ^a   Pacheco, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ENA; Genotoxicity; Liza sp.; Mercury; Ria de Aveiro (Portugal)

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ABNORMALITY; CAGE CULTURE; GENOTOXICITY; HEMATOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TELEOST; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; MULLET; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SEASON; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PORTUGAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; LARANJO BASIN; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LIZA; LIZA AURATA;

EID: 43649092898     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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