Assessment of environmental stress in Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814) of the Sicilian Ionian coast

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1278-1286

  Tigano, Concetta ^a   Tomasello, Barbara ^a   Pulvirenti, Valentina ^a   Ferrito, Venera ^a   Copat, Chiara ^a   Carpinteri, Guido ^a   Mollica, Emanuele ^b   Sciacca, Salvatore ^a   Renis, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Marine Protected Area Isole Ciclopi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioindicator; Comet assay; DNA damage; Erythrocytes; Heavy metals; Hepatocytes; PAH; Parablennius sanguinolentus; PCB

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM; DNA; LEAD; METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAVY METAL; PAH; PCB; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ERYTHROCYTE; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HEPATOCYTES; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERCIFORMES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SICILY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IONIAN COAST; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PARABLENNIUS SANGUINOLENTUS;

EID: 64649091700     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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