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| Biological response to chemical/radiation that gives a measure of exposure at a cellular, tissue, organ, individual or population level. |
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| Crassostrea gigas Haemocytes are governed by seasonal cycles including gametogenesis and temp. |
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| Multiparametric approach using many biomarkers to assess pollution along the coast of Italy and France. Had some success though reference sites were hard to determine. |
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| Biomarkers in multiple species show that Mytilus edulis is least sensitive to copper compared to Carcinus maenus and Patella vulgata. |
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| Mytilus edulis are used as sentinels yet they are more resiliant then many other organsims. Cerastoderma edule for example shows greater sensitivity to the PAH phenanthrene |
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| NRD retention used in the black sea to determine areas most polluted. Lysosome membrane stability. |
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| Fish mucous layer may not represent a barrier for ion diffusion. |
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| Orechromis niolticus and Danio rario show different uptake of mercury from sediment due to feeding mechanisms which in Orechromis niloticus resuspend sediments. |
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| Fundulus heteroclitus Cd uptake inversely related salinity. Viscera increased in Cd conc. while total levels dropped. Drinking to cope with osmoregulation. |
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| Delphinapterus leucas with lesions on ovaries possibly linked with PCB and similar substances. |
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| TBT causing imposex in dog whelks. Penis develops and block oviduct leading to infertility. |
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| Cypridae more sensitive to respiratory stress than Onchorhyncus mykiss. |
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| Carcinus maenus heart rate increases when exposed to 68.1 ug Cu Litre. |
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| Ammonia reduces swimming speed in Onchorhyncus mykiss. |
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| Low pH and Al cause reduced Na uptake in pike fry. Denaturing channel proteins. |
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| Ammonia causes reduction in feeding in Onchorhyncus mykiss. |
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| Silver nanoparticles disrupt normal gut microbiota causing potential damage to useful bacteria such as LABs and possibly affecting contaminant metabolism. |
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| Vitamin A and E in Delphinapterus leucas in inversely correlated to PCB PBCE and HCB tissue levels. |
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| Hormone sensitisation due to ingibition of histone deacetylase which would otherwise regulate ecpression of receptors. |
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| Nongenomic mode of action for steroids. |
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| Mallard shells decrease in mass with dietary DDT intake. Caused by 65% reduction in CaATPase activity. |
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| Thyroid hormone levels inversely related to PCB in Orcinus orca. Developmental problems. |
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| Alligators and reproductive complications due to imbalances in hormones and affecting reproductive organs during development. |
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| Vitellogenin in male roach. Caused by estogen in sewage. |
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| Dioxins induce AHR which negates the production of vitellogenin by disrupting the estrogen receptor alpha auto-regulatory transcriptional loop. |
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