The use of protein biomarkers in ecotoxicology : Studies of oxidative and genotoxic stress in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)
Many environmental pollutants, heavy metals and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) among them, are toxic by oxidative stress. Oxidative stress may be defined as a state in an organism when its inherent capacity to handle oxyradicals is surpassed, and it may result in peroxidation of lipids, and damage...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Systemekologiska institutionen
2007
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-6755 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-7155-402-5 |