Bioaccumulation and detoxification processes of Hg in the king scallop Pecten maximus: Field and laboratory investigations

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-213

  Metian, M ^a,b   Warnau, M ^a   Cosson, R P ^c   Oberhansli F ^a   Bustamante, P ^b  

^a International Atomic Energy Agency Marine Environment Laboratories IAEA MEL   (Monaco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Seine; Mercury; Metallothionein; Mollusc; Pectinidae; Radiotracer

Indexed keywords

MERCURY 203; METALLOTHIONEIN; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; DETOXIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; FIELDWORK; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; HEALTH RISK; LABORATORY METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REACTION KINETICS; TRACER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DETOXIFICATION; EXOCRINE GLAND; GILL; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PECTEN MAXIMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALLOP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; METALLOTHIONEIN; PECTEN; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BAY OF SEINE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

MOLLUSCA; PECTEN MAXIMUS; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 55349094625     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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