Antioxidant responses to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in green-lipped mussels (Perna viridis): Do mussels "integrate" biomarker responses?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 6-12, 2008, Pages 503-514

  Richardson, Bruce J ^a   Mak, Eva ^a   De Luca Abbott, Sharon B ^a   Martin, Michael ^a   McClellan, Katherine ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antioxidant responses; Body burden; Dose regime; Organochlorine pesticides (OCs); Perna viridis; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PESTICIDES; PYRENE; TOXICITY;

BODY BURDEN; DOSE REGIME; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OC); PERNA VIRIDIS;

ANTHRACENE;

ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; FLUORANTHENE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDASE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BENZENE; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLUORANTHENE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PYRENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PERNA; PERNA VIRIDIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GILLS; HEPATOPANCREAS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PERNA; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PERNA VIRIDIS;

EID: 45549099551     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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