Single and combined effects of hypoxia and contaminated sediments on the amphipod Monoporeia affinis in laboratory toxicity bioassays based on multiple biomarkers

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-274

  Gorokhova, Elena ^a   Löf, Marie ^a   Halldórsson, Halldór Pálmar ^b   Tjärnlund, Ulla ^a   Lindström, Magnus ^c   Elfwing, Tina ^a   Sundelin, Brita ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

AChE; Antioxidant enzymes; Contaminated sediments; DNA strand breaks; Hypoxia; Multivariate analysis; Oxidative stress biomarkers

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; OXYGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ENZYME; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIPOD; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; DNA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAVY METAL; HYPOXIA; LABORATORY METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOXIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLIC RATE; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; SURVIVAL; TIME; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIPODA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA BREAKS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS;

EID: 77955559956     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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