Haemocytic leukemia in Prince Edward Island (PEI) soft shell clam (Mya arenaria): Spatial distribution in agriculturally impacted estuaries

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 424, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-142

  Muttray, Annette ^a,b   Reinisch, Carol ^a   Miller, Jason ^a   Ernst, William ^a   Gillis, Patricia ^a   Losier, Melanie ^a   Sherry, James ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Rescan Environmental Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural contaminants; Gene expression; Haemocytic leukemia; Mya arenaria; P53; Prince Edward Island

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; ENDOSULFANS; FILTER FEEDERS; HAEMOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; HIGH INTENSITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MYA ARENARIA; P53; POTATO FARMING; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; SOFT SHELL CLAMS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR; WATERSOLUBLE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECTICIDES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SHELLFISH; WATERSHEDS;

ESTUARIES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ENDOSULFAN; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P73;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CLAM FISHERY; CROP DAMAGE; ENDOSULFAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; POTATO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANADA; ESTUARY; FARMING SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOCYTE; HAEMOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA; MYA; NONHUMAN; POTATO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; SPRING; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEMOCYTES; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTICIDES; MICE; MYA; RABBITS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

BIVALVIA; MYA ARENARIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84862799746     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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