Association of spinal deformities with heavy metal bioaccumulation in natural populations of grass goby, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus Pallas, 1811 from the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 551-560

  Messaoudi, Imed ^a,b   Deli, Tmim ^a   Kessabi, Kaouthar ^a   Barhoumi, Sana ^c   Kerkeni, Abdelhamid ^c   Saïd, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b Institute of Biotechnology   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Gulf of Gab s; Heavy metals; Liver; Spinal deformities; Tunisia; Zosterisessor ophiocephalus

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH LENGTH; HEPATIC CONCENTRATIONS; METAL ACCUMULATION; NATURAL POPULATION; SPINAL DEFORMITIES; SPINAL DEFORMITY; TUNISIA; ZOSTERISESSOR OPHIOCEPHALUS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; LIVER; MEATS; METALS; POLLUTION; ZINC;

FISH;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; KYPHOSIS; LIVER LEVEL; LORDOSIS; MALE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; SCOLIOSIS; SEASHORE; SPINE MALFORMATION; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTION; ZOSTERISESSOR OPHIOCEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; METALS, HEAVY; PERCIFORMES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; ZOSTERISESSOR OPHIOCEPHALUS;

EID: 68649101856     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0504-2     Document Type: Article

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