Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons concentrations and biomarker responses in the clam Ruditapes decussatus transplanted in the Ria Formosa lagoon

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1849-1860

  Bebianno, Maria J ^a   Barreira, Luísa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

BPH; GST; LPO; Oxidative stress; PAHs; Ria Formosa lagoon; Ruditapes decussatus

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAGOON; LIPID; METABOLISM; MOLLUSC; OXIDATION; PAH; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GILL; LAGOON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SOFT TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BENZOPYRENE HYDROXYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, PHASE I; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, PHASE II; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PORTUGAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 70049107317     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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