Contamination, parasitism and condition of Anguilla anguilla in three Italian stocks

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-108

  Quadroni, Silvia ^a   Galassi, Silvana ^b   Capoccioni, Fabrizio ^c   Ciccotti, Eleonora ^c   Grandi, Gilberto ^d   De Leo, Giulio A ^e,f   Bettinetti, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e Stanford University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Ecological and sanitary risk; Gonad alterations; Lipid content; Parasitism; POP bioaccumulation

Indexed keywords

LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ABNORMALITY; ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FISH; HABITAT LOSS; LIPID; NEMATODE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OVERFISHING; PARASITISM; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLOIDES CRASSUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY FAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EEL; FEMALE; FISHING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GONAD; ITALY; LAGOON; LAKE; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIGRATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SALINITY; TISSUE LEVEL; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANGUILLA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GONADS; ITALY; LIPIDS; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CAPROLACE LAKE; FOGGIA; ITALY; LATINA; LAZIO; LESINA LAGOON; PUGLIA; TIBER RIVER;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; LESINA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84871608774     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-1006-0     Document Type: Article

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