In situ potential use of metallothionein as a biomarker of cadmium contamination in Ruditapes decussatus

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1489-1498

  Smaoui Damak, W ^a   Berthet, B ^b,c   Hamza Chaffai, A ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b SMAB   (France)

^c ICES   (France)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Biomarkers; Cadmium; Digestive gland; Gametogenesis scale; Gills; Gulf of Gab s; Metallothioneins; Protein; Ruditapes decussatus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; BIOTIC FACTOR; BIVALVE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GAMETOGENESIS; METALLOTHIONEIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GILL; MALE; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TUNISIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; CADMIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GILLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; SALINITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIVALVIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 67349132307     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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