Ecotoxicological study on sediments of Mai Po marshes, Hong Kong using organisms and biomarkers

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-549

  Kwok, C K ^a   Yang, S M ^a   Mak, N K ^a   Wong, C K C ^a   Liang, Y ^a   Leung, S Y ^a   Young, L ^b   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b World Wide Fund Hong Kong Central   (China)

Author keywords

Daphnia; EROD; Glutathione; Heavy metals; Mai Po Ramsar site; Microtox ; Organochlorine pesticides; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Rat hepatoma cell line; Ryegrass

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOTHIONEIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFANILAMIDE;

BIOMARKER; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEPATOMA CELL; HONG KONG; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARSH; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; RAT; ROOT GROWTH; SEDIMENT; TILAPIA; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLUTATHIONE; HONG KONG; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LOLIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROCYSTIS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RATS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CHINA; HONG KONG; MAI PO MARSHES; NEW TERRITORIES;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; RATTUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 77951652875     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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