Ultrastructure changes in hepatocytes of catfish Ciarias gariepinus from Lake Mariut, Egypt

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 715-720

  Abdel Moneim, Ashraf M ^a   Abdel Mohsen, Hala A ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ciarias gariepinus; Lake mariut; Liver; Pollution; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CELL ORGANELLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATED LAND; CYTOPLASM; DILATION; FISH; FRACTIONATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; MATRIX; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EGYPT; LAKE MARIUT; NILE DELTA;

CLARIIDAE;

EID: 77956425169     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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