Changes in physiological responses of an Antarctic fish, the emerald rock cod (Trematomus bernacchii), following exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 128-129, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-100

  Ghosh, Ruma ^a   Lokman, P Mark ^a   Lamare, Miles D ^a   Metcalf, Victoria J ^b   Burritt, David J ^a   Davison, William ^c   Hageman, Kimberly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish; Chronic exposure; Notothenioid; Pollution and research bases; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID; LIPID PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMANIPULATION; DETOXIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; GROWTH RESPONSE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PBDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP1A1 GENE; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; GENE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOD GENE; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LIVER; PERCIFORMES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA;

LOTELLA RHACINA; SEBASTES SCHLEGELI; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

EID: 84871912166     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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