Integrated biomarker assessment of the effects exerted by treated produced water from an onshore natural gas processing plant in the North Sea on the mussel Mytilus edulis

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-339

  Brooks, Steven ^a   Harman, Christopher ^a   Zaldibar, Beñat ^b   Izagirre, Urtzi ^b   Glette, Tormod ^c   Marigómez, Ionan ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Monitoring; Mussels; Passive samplers; Produced water

Indexed keywords

ACYL-COA OXIDASE; BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; BIOMARKER ASSESSMENT; BLUE MUSSELS; CATALASE ACTIVITY; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DIGESTIVE GLAND EPITHELIUM; DIGESTIVE GLANDS; HEALTH STATUS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANES; MUSSEL TISSUE; MUSSELS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS; NEUTRAL LIPID; NORTH SEA; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PRODUCED WATER;

BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE;

WATER TREATMENT;

ACYL COENZYME A OXIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; LIPID; NATURAL GAS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD CELL; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLAND; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACYL-COA OXIDASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; HEMOCYTES; LIPID METABOLISM; LYSOSOMES; MUTAGENS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NORTH SEA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 79751533479     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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