Morphological alterations in the liver of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from a biological mercury hotspot

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 17330-17342

  Müller, Anne Katrin ^a   Brinkmann, Markus ^a   Baumann, Lisa ^b   Stoffel, Michael H ^b   Segner, Helmut ^b   Kidd, Karen A ^c   Hollert, Henner ^a,d,e,f  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Macrophage aggregates; Methyl mercury; Ultrastructure; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HISTOLOGY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MORPHOLOGY; PERCIFORM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TOXICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANADA; KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK; NOVA SCOTIA;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NOVA SCOTIA; PERCH; SEASON; TOXICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; LIVER; MERCURY; MUSCLES; NOVA SCOTIA; PERCHES; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84947617083     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4177-4     Document Type: Article

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