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Effect of Copper and Lindane on Some Biomarkers Measured in the Clam Ruditapes decussatus

Effect of Copper and Lindane on Some Biomarkers Measured in the Clam Ruditapes decussatus Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. (1998) 61:397-404 © 1998 Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Effect of Copper and Lindane on Some Biomarkers Measured in the Clam Ruditapes decussatus 1 2 2 3 A. Hamza-Chaffai, M. Roméo, M. Gnassia-Barelli, A. El Abed CNRS/GDR 1117, Service d’Ecotoxicologie, Faculty of Pharmacy, 1 rue Gaston Veil, 44035 Nantes Cedex 1, France; and IPEIS, BP 805,3000-Sfax Tunisia * CNRS/GDR 1117, Laboratoire de Physiologie et Toxicologic Environnementales, Faculty of Medicine, 06107 Nice Cedex 2, France INSTM, Salammbo, 2025—Tunis Tunisia Received: 9 April 1998/Accepted: 6 July 1998 Studies based on exposure biomarkers allow the evaluation of biochemical and physiological effects of pollutants and are of great interest because they permit the detection of pollutant effects before deleterious effects occur. The specificity of a biomarker to a certain class of pollutant is an advantage in monitoring but in most of the cases, pollutants are present together and could therefore interact between themselves leading to synergetic or antagonist effects. For this reason in vivo contamination experiments are needed to understand the joint action of various toxicants on marine organisms. In this paper, the effects of two pollutants (copper and lindane) alone or in combination are reported for the Mediterranean clam http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Springer Journals

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Copyright © 1998 by Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
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0007-4861
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Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. (1998) 61:397-404 © 1998 Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Effect of Copper and Lindane on Some Biomarkers Measured in the Clam Ruditapes decussatus 1 2 2 3 A. Hamza-Chaffai, M. Roméo, M. Gnassia-Barelli, A. El Abed CNRS/GDR 1117, Service d’Ecotoxicologie, Faculty of Pharmacy, 1 rue Gaston Veil, 44035 Nantes Cedex 1, France; and IPEIS, BP 805,3000-Sfax Tunisia * CNRS/GDR 1117, Laboratoire de Physiologie et Toxicologic Environnementales, Faculty of Medicine, 06107 Nice Cedex 2, France INSTM, Salammbo, 2025—Tunis Tunisia Received: 9 April 1998/Accepted: 6 July 1998 Studies based on exposure biomarkers allow the evaluation of biochemical and physiological effects of pollutants and are of great interest because they permit the detection of pollutant effects before deleterious effects occur. The specificity of a biomarker to a certain class of pollutant is an advantage in monitoring but in most of the cases, pollutants are present together and could therefore interact between themselves leading to synergetic or antagonist effects. For this reason in vivo contamination experiments are needed to understand the joint action of various toxicants on marine organisms. In this paper, the effects of two pollutants (copper and lindane) alone or in combination are reported for the Mediterranean clam

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Published: Sep 1, 1998

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