Health status of red mullets from polluted areas of the Spanish Mediterranean coast, with special reference to Portmán (SE Spain)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-59

  Martínez Gómez, Concepción ^a   Fernandez B ^a   Benedicto, J ^a   Valdes J ^a   Campillo, J A ^a   Leon V M ^a   Vethaak, A D ^b,c  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Effects fish; Mullus barbatus; Pollution monitoring; Sediment pollution; W Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

EFFECTS-FISH; MULLUS BARBATUS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; W MEDITERRANEAN;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKERS; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

TUNGSTEN;

ARSENIC ACID; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOMARKER; COASTAL WATER; FISH; HEALTH STATUS; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; HEALTH STATUS; LIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RED MULLET; REPRODUCTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEALTH STATUS; LIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MURCIA [SPAIN]; PORTMAN BAY; SPAIN;

MULLIDAE; MULLUS BARBATUS;

EID: 84860338912     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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