Short-term mercury exposure affecting the development and antioxidant biomarkers of Japanese flounder embryos and larvae

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1875-1883

  Huang, Wei ^a,b   Cao, Liang ^a   Liu, Jinhu ^a   Lin, Longshan ^c   Dou, Shuozeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

^c State Oceanic Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidative responses; LC50; Lipid peroxidation; Mercury; Paralichthys olivaceus

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMARKER; EMBRYO; HATCHING; LARVA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOUNDER; GROWTH INHIBITION; HATCHING; LARVAL STAGE; LC 50; NONHUMAN; REACTION TIME; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOUNDER; GLUTATHIONE; LARVA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MERCURY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 77957928060     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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