Physiological responses to mercury in feral carp populations inhabiting the low Ebro River (NE Spain), a historically contaminated site

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 150-157

  Navarro, Anna ^a   Quirós, Laia ^a   Casado, Marta ^a   Faria, Melissa ^a   Carrasco, Luís ^a   Benejam, Lluís ^b   Benito, Josep ^b   Díez, Sergi ^a   Raldúa, Demetrio ^c   Barata, Carlos ^a   Bayona, Josep M ^a   Piña, Benjamin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b Ecologia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyprinus carpio; Gene expression biomarkers; Glutathione; Mercury poisoning; Metallothionein; Natural populations

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II;

BIOMARKER; CYPRINID; GENE EXPRESSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POISONING; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARPS; CATALASE; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; RIVERS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 67349247443     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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