Metallothioneins failed to reflect mercury external levels of exposure and bioaccumulation in marine fish - Considerations on tissue and species specific responses

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-121

  Mieiro, C L ^a   Bervoets, L ^b   Joosen, S ^b   Blust, R ^b   Duarte, A C ^a   Pereira, M E ^a   Pacheco, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dicentrarchus labrax; Liza aurata; Marine fish; Mercury; Metallothioneins

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; FISH; HISTOLOGY; METALS; MUSCLE;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; LIZA AURATA; MARINE FISH; MERCURY ACCUMULATION; MERCURY DISCHARGE; METALLOTHIONEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; CORRELATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FISH; GILL; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER LEVEL; LIZA AURATA; MARINE SPECIES; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; LIZA AURATA;

EID: 84860389842     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.05.034     Document Type: Article

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