Impact of mercury on the activity pattern of a marker enzyme in a freshwater bivalve

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-252

  Rajalakshmi, Subramanian ^a   Mohandas, Ambat ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Heavy metals; Hepatopancreas; Lamellidens corrianus; Metallothioneins

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SESSILE SPECIES; XENOBIOTICS;

BIVALVIA; LAMELLIDENS;

EID: 51049112672     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9135-3     Document Type: Article

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