Use of biomarkers in resident organisms as a tool for environmental monitoring in a cold coastal system, Tierra del Fuego Island

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-393

  Comoglio, L ^a   Amin, O ^a   Botte S ^b   Marcovecchio, J ^b  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Heavy metals; Intertidal; Mytilus edulis; Nacella magellanica; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; HEAVY METAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BIOMARKER; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GONAD; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROPODA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYTILUS EDULIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEAWATER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARGENTINA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

MYTILUS EDULIS; NACELLA MAGELLANICA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 79951959558     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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