Environmental quality of mussel farms in the Vigo estuary: Pollution by PAHs, origin and effects on reproduction

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 250-265

  Ruiz, Y ^a   Suarez, P ^a   Alonso, A ^a   Longo, E ^a   Villaverde, A ^a   San Juan, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gonadal neoplasia; Mussel farms; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Origin molecular indices; PAHs; Vigo estuary

Indexed keywords

GONADAL NEOPLASIA; MOLECULAR INDEX; MUSSEL FARM; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PAHS; VIGO ESTUARY;

COMBUSTION; ESTUARIES; FARMS; HEALTH; HYDROCARBONS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

LIPID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; MUSSEL CULTURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PAH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GONAD TUMOR; LIPID COMPOSITION; MUSSEL; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPAIN; SPAWNING;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GONADS; MYTILUS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REPRODUCTION;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; SPAIN; VIGO;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 78349306405     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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