Histopathological, histomorphometrical, and immunohistochemical biomarkers in flounder (Platichthys flesus) from the southern Baltic Sea

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-21

  Dabrowska, Henryka ^a   Ostaszewska, Teresa ^b   Kamaszewski, Maciej ^b   Antoniak, Agnieszka ^a   Napora Rutkowski, Łukasz ^b   Kopko, Orest ^a   Lang, Thomas ^c   Fricke, Nicolai F ^c   Lehtonen, Kari K ^d  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biomarkers; CYP1A induction; Flounder; Histomorphometry; Histopathology; Melano macrophage aggregates; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; COPPER; CYCLINE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ZINC;

BIOMARKER; COASTAL ZONE; DEMERSAL FISH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUNDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE; MELANO MACROPHAGE AGGREGATE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEA POLLUTION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BALTIC STATES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MUSCLES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 84857444100     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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