Exposure to contaminated sediments induces alterations in the gill epithelia in juvenile <i>Solea senegalensis</i>: a comparative <i>in situ</i> and <i>ex situ</i> study
The loss of biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems is a major problem for society, with very significant ecological and economic deleterious effects. Estuaries, as the Sado Estuary (SW Portugal), are fragile ecosystems always associated to multiple anthropogenic stressors, such as heavy industry, shippi...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fmars.2014.02.00039/full |