The Role of Mucus in Mytella falcata (Orbigny 1842) Gills from Polluted Environments

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 261-266

  David, José Augustode Oliveira ^a   Fontanetti, Carmem S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Bivalve; Histochemistry; Mucous cell; Mussel

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MOLLUSCS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE;

BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; BIVALVE; CONTAMINATED AREAS; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSSEL; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GILL; INCUBATION TIME; MUCUS; MUSSEL; MYTELLA FALCATA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MYTELLA; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 85014492038     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0009-9     Document Type: Article

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