Biomarker responses and contamination levels in crabs (Carcinus aestuarii) from the Lagoon of Venice: An integrated approach in biomonitoring estuarine environments

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1725-1736

  Ricciardi, Francesco ^a   Matozzo, Valerio ^a   Binelli, Andrea ^b   Marin, Maria Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Biomonitoring; Crab; Lagoon of Venice; Multivariate analysis; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAKES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHELLFISH; WATER CONSERVATION;

BIOMARKER RESPONSE; BIOMONITORING; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAGOON OF VENICE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE LEVELS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

BIOMARKERS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYTOCHROME P450; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VITELLOGENIN; SEA WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAB; DDT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HCH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRAB; DETOXIFICATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTUARY; LAGOON; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; METABOLISM; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

CARCINUS AESTUARII; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ITALY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 76949101067     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.042     Document Type: Article

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