The effect of metals on condition and pathologies of European eel (Anguilla anguilla): In situ and laboratory experiments

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-184

  Esteve, Consuelo ^a   Alcaide, Elena ^a   Ureña, Rocio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Copper exposure; Edwardsiellosis; European eel; Iron and infection; Metal bioaccumulation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; DISEASE; EEL; ETIOLOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON; METAL; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PATHOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; FISH LENGTH; FISH WEIGHT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LD 50; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER POLLUTION; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FISH DISEASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AEROMONAS; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84856613549     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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