Fluctuating estuarine conditions are not confounding factors for the Comet assay assessment of DNA damage in the mussel Mytilus edulis

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1998-2003

  Singh, Rupika ^a   Hartl, Mark G J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; Hypoxia; Mytilus edulis; Salinity; Tidal cycle

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GENOTOXICITY; HYPOXIA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; TIDAL CYCLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ECOTOXICITY; ESTUARY; GENOTOXICITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TIDE;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; MYTILUS EDULIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SALINITY; TIDAL WAVES;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84868154333     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0934-z     Document Type: Article

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