Differential acclimation of a marine diatom to inorganic mercury and methylmercury exposure

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 138-139, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-59

  Wu, Yun ^a   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Biokinetics; Diatom; Mercury; Phytochelatins

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; THIOL;

ACCLIMATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DETOXIFICATION; DIATOM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH RATE; MERCURIALISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIATOMS; DRUG TOLERANCE; KINETICS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84878179204     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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