Abstract
Although we usually view marine pollution in terms of the distribution of chemicals, several modern approaches allow us to detect biological responses to contaminants with sensitivity approaching that of analytical chemistry. In this review, I summarize practical field experience of measuring responses to pollution at different levels of biological complexity. I discuss three biochemical measurements (hepatic monooxygenase induction in fish, metallothionein induction, and acetylcholinesterase inhibition), measurements of energy partitioning in bivalve molluscs, and analyses of benthic community structure to assess the impact of marine pollution.Key words: monooxygenases, metallothioneins, acetylcholinesterase, Scope for growth, community structure.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
General Environmental Science
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24 articles.
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