Assessment of the health status of Donax trunculus from the Gulf of Tunis using integrative biomarker indices

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 285-293

  Tlili, Sofiène ^a,b   Minguez, Laetitia ^c   Giamberini, Laure ^c   Geffard, Alain ^a   Boussetta, Hamadi ^b   Mouneyrac, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b Ecole Superieure d'Horticulture et d'Elevage de Chott Mariem   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Biomarkers; Donax trunculus Gulf of Tunis; Environmental stress assessment; Health; Index; Integrated; Response; Status

Indexed keywords

DONAX TRUNCULUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INDEX; INTEGRATED; RESPONSE; STATUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; MOLLUSCS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROTEINS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BIOMARKERS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIPID; METALLOTHIONEIN; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

GULF OF TUNIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIVALVIA; DONAX TRUNCULUS;

EID: 84877020244     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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