Use of biomarkers in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to assess the impacts of pollution in Bolgoda Lake, an urban water body in Sri Lanka

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 361-375

  Pathiratne, A ^a   Chandrasekera, L W H U ^a   Pathiratne, K A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cholinesterase; EROD; GST; Metallothioneins; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; EROD; GST; METALLOTHIONEINS; TILAPIA;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMARKERS; DROUGHT; FISH; LAKES; MEATS; NAPHTHALENE; ONLINE SEARCHING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; PYRENE; SYSTEM THEORY; WATER ANALYSIS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; COPPER; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; LABORATORY METHOD; LAKE POLLUTION; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN SITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SRI LANKA; TILAPIA; TROPICS; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLINESTERASES; CICHLIDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; SRI LANKA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 68649093088     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0490-4     Document Type: Article

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