Biochemical responses of the shore crab (Carcinus maenas) in a eutrophic and metal-contaminated coastal system (Óbidos lagoon, Portugal)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1471-1480

  Pereira, Patrícia ^a,b   de Pablo, Hilda ^a   Dulce Subida, Maria ^c   Vale, Carlos ^a   Pacheco, Mário ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Carcinus maenas; Eutrophication; Metals; bidos lagoon; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CATALASE; COPPER; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METAL; NICKEL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CRAB; EUTROPHICATION; METAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; FEMALE; HEPATOPANCREAS; LAGOON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PORTUGAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY BURDEN; BRACHYURA; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEPATOPANCREAS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PORTUGAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 67349238730     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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