The use of a biomarker to assess the effect of xenobiotic exposure on the freshwater invertebrate Gammarus pulex

Contamination of freshwaters is of concern because of its effect on ecosystem health. The effect of contamination can be assessed at all levels of biological organisation, from the ecosystem level to the molecular level. At the biochemical level, enzymes that are involved in the detoxification of or...

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Main Author: Warwick, Oliver William Tindle
Published: University of Sheffield 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249119