Changes in non-specific biomarkers in the Mediterranean barbel (Barbus meridionalis) exposed to sewage effluents in a Mediterranean stream (Catalonia, NE Spain)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-237

  Maceda Veiga, Alberto ^a   Monroy, Mario ^a   Viscor, Ginés ^a   De Sostoa, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barbus; Bioindicators; Freshwater; Haematology; Water quality

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FRESHWATER; HEMATOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BARBUS MERIODIONALIS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL AGING; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FRESHWATER FISH; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MONOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; STREAM (RIVER); WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BARBUS; BARBUS MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 78449289184     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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