Metal accumulation and oxidative stress in Ulva sp. substantiated by response integration into a general stress index

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 336-345

  Pereira, Patrícia ^a,b   de Pablo, Hilda ^a   Rosa Santos, Frederico ^a   Pacheco, Mário ^b   Vale, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; IBR; Metals; Oxidative stress; ROS; Ulva sp.

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CATALASE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL LAGOON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; GREEN ALGA; MACROALGA; MARINE POLLUTION; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOACCUMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAGOON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPRING; SUMMER; ULVA;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; ULVA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; ULVA;

EID: 59849097062     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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