Mercury contamination in spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus: An assessment of liver, kidney, blood, and nervous system health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5808-5816

  Adams, Douglas H ^a   Sonne, Christian ^b   Basu, Niladri ^c   Dietz, Rune ^b   Nam, Dong Ha ^c   Leifsson, Pall S ^d   Jensen, Asger L ^d  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cynoscion nebulosus; Histopathological tissue changes; Mercury effects; Neurochemical biomarkers; Spotted seatrout

Indexed keywords

CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL TISSUE CHANGES; MERCURY EFFECTS; NEUROCHEMICAL BIOMARKERS; SPOTTED SEATROUT;

AMINO ACIDS; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; HEALTH; HISTOLOGY; LAKES; LIVER; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC ACIDS; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHATASES; RIVERS; TISSUE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FRUCTOSAMINE; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MERCURY; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT HYPERPLASIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; CYTOSKELETON; GLOMERULAR DILTATION; GLOMERULAR THICKENING; GLOMERULOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULE DEGENERATION; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LAGOON; LIVER; MERCURIALISM; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROUT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; IRON; KIDNEY; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERCIFORMES; PHOSPHATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; PISCES;

EID: 77958092074     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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