Histopathology of mussels (Mytilus sp.) from the Tamar estuary, UK

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 25-32

  Bignell, J P ^a   Stentiford, G D ^a   Taylor, N G H ^a   Lyons, B P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Diseases; Histopathology; Hybrids; Mussels; Mytilus edulis; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYBRIDS; MUSSELS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; SPECIES;

CELLS; ESTUARIES; HEALTH; RIVERS;

SHELLFISH;

LIPOFUSCIN;

BIOMARKER; COASTAL ZONE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LESION; MOLLUSC; PATHOGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANCISTRUM MYTILI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHLAMYDIA; CILIATE; CONTAMINATED MUSSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTUARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MARTEILIA; MYTILICOLA INTESTINALIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RICKETTSIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; TAMAR ESTUARY [ENGLAND]; TAMAR RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITSAND BAY;

ANCISTRUM; CHLAMYDIA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; MARTEILIA; MYTILICOLA INTESTINALIS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; MYTILUS SP.;

EID: 79960697484     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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