The Italian wall lizard (Podarcis sicula) as a bioindicator of oil field activity

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3597-3604

  Marsili, L ^a   Casini, S ^a   Mori, G ^a   Ancora, S ^a   Bianchi, N ^a   D'Agostino, A ^b   Ferraro, M ^c   Fossi, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Italian wall lizard; Oil field activity; Podarcis sicula; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER RESPONSE; CYTOCHROME P-450; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ITALIAN WALL LIZARD; OIL EXTRACTIONS; OIL PLANTS; OIL TREATMENTS; PODARCIS SICULA; PREVAILING WINDS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN ITALY; TOXICOLOGICAL IMPACTS;

BIOMARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; MERCURY (METAL); METABOLISM; METABOLITES; OIL FIELDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; EXTRACTION METHOD; LIZARD; METABOLITE; MODEL VALIDATION; OIL FIELD; TOXICOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; EGG PROTEINS; ITALY; LIVER; LIZARDS; MERCURY; MINING; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITELLOGENINS; WIND;

PODARCIS SICULA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 62749122190     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.01.035     Document Type: Article

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