Integrated use of biomarkers in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis for assessing off-shore gas platforms in the Adriatic Sea: Results of a two-year biomonitoring program

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2483-2495

  Gomiero, Alessio ^a,b   da Ros, Luisa ^a   Nasci, Cristina ^a,b   Meneghetti, Francesca ^a   Spagnolo, Alessandra ^a   Fabi, Gianna ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b THETIS S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomarkers; Ecotoxicology; Gas platforms; Mussels

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMARKER RESPONSE; BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORING PROGRAMS; CELLULAR DAMAGE; DNA DAMAGES; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPOSURE EFFECTS; GAS PLATFORMS; MUSSELS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; OFF-SHORE; OFFSHORE ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SOFT-BODIES; TURNOVER RATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SHELLFISH; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOMARKERS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CATALASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRACE ELEMENT; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAS PLATFORM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOLLUSC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL DAMAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED MUSSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GAS; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUSSEL; MYSTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; BENZOPYRENE HYDROXYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GAS, NATURAL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MYTILUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 82455212275     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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