Sub-lethal effects of cadmium on the antioxidant defence system of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus

The mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus is one of the most abundant species in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vents and is continually exposed to the high-temperature venting fluids containing high metal concentrations and enriched in sulphides and methane, which constitute a potential toxic environm...

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Main Author: Company, Rui (author)
Other Authors: Serafim, M.A. (author), Cosson, Richard P. (author), Fiala-Médioni, Aline (author), Camus, Lionel (author), Serrão-Santos, Ricardo (author), Bebianno, Maria João (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Animals
Antioxidants
Cadmium
Catalase
Geological phenomena
Glutathione peroxidase
Lipid peroxidation
Metallothionein
Mytilidae
Superoxide dismutase
Hydrothermal vents
Bathymodiolus azoricus
Cd
Oxidative stress
Antioxidant enzymes
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13803
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/13803

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