Comparison of selected biomarkers in flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) from the Douro (Portugal) and Vistula (Poland) River estuaries

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-77

  Kopecka Pilarczyk, Justyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Douro River; Flounder; Pollution; Salinity; Vistula River

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC POLLUTIONS; FLOUNDER; OPEN OCEAN; RIVER MOUTHS; SALINITY; SAMPLING SITE; SEA SITES; VISTULA RIVER;

BIOMARKERS; POLLUTION; RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; OXIDIZED PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FLATFISH; MORPHOMETRY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALINITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOTRANSFORMATION INDEX; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FLOUNDER; GEOGRAPHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PROTEIN YIELD; SALINITY; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

BIOMARKERS; DOURO RIVER; FLOUNDER; POLLUTION; SALINITY; VISTULA RIVER;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; POLAND; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

DOURO ESTUARY; POLAND; POMORSKIE; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; VISTULA ESTUARY;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 84881027803     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.05.039     Document Type: Article

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