Adaptation to metal toxicity: a comparison of hydrothermal vent and coastal shrimps

Rainbow vent field is one of the most metal-contaminated hydrothermal sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Azores region. Two hydrothermal shrimp species dominate the fauna at the Rainbow site along with the mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus. Although the levels of essential and non-essential metals...

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Main Author: Gonzalez-Rey, Maria (author)
Other Authors: Serafim, Angela (author), Company, Rui (author), Bebianno, Maria João (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Mid-aAtlantic ridge
Oxidative damage
Oxygen toxicity
Metallothionein
Systems
Fluids
Bresiliidae
Communities
Environment
Metabolism
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11676
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/11676

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11676

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