Esterase activities in the bivalve mollusc Adamussium colbecki as a biomarker for pollution monitoring in the Antarctic marine environment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 445-455

  Bonacci, Stefano ^a   Browne, Mark A ^b   Dissanayake, Awantha ^b   Hagger, Josephine A ^b   Corsi, Ilaria ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a   Galloway, Tamara S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adamussium colbecki; Antarctica; Biomarkers; Carboxylesterases (CbEs); Cholinesterases (ChEs); Terra Nova Bay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME KINETICS; ESTUARIES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BIVALVE MOLLUSC ADAMUSSIUM COLBECKI; CHOLINESTERASE; ESTERASE ACTIVITIES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ACETYLTHIOCHOLINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXYLESTERASE; ESTERASE;

BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION MONITORING; XENOBIOTICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTERASES; MOLLUSCA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; TERRA NOVA BAY; WORLD;

ADAMUSSIUM COLBECKI; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 8444239644     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.02.033     Document Type: Article

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