Hyperaccumulation of vanadium in the Antarctic polychaete Perkinsiana littoralis as a natural chemical defense against predation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 220-228

  Fattorini, Daniele ^a   Notti, Alessandra ^a   Nigro, Marco ^b   Regoli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chemical defenses; Hyperaccumulation; Perkinsiana littoralis; Polychaetes; Trace metals; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

METAL; VANADIUM;

ANNELID; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HYPERACCUMULATION; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIVALVE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; PREDATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; POLYCHAETA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VANADIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA;

BIVALVIA; LOTELLA RHACINA; PERKINSIANA LITTORALIS; POLYCHAETA; SABELLA SPALLANZANII; SABELLIDA; SEBASTES SCHLEGELI; TREMATOMUS;

EID: 73949100315     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0243-0     Document Type: Article

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