Toxicity and Uptake of Zinc in the Planarian Dugesia dorotocephala in Natural Sediments.

Autor: Martinez-Tabche, Laura, Acosta, Cesia Monroy, Martinez, Marcela Galar, Lopez, Eugenia Lopez, Najera, Jose Bernardo Proal
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Zdroj: Journal of Freshwater Ecology; Sep2002, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p415, 7p, 6 Graphs
Abstrakt: Investigates the toxicity of the planarian Dugesia dorotocephala exposed to zinc-spiked natural sediments in a recirculation system in the Ignacio Ramirez Reservoir in Mexico. List of sediment concentrations absorbed by the planarians in the reservoir; Effect of zinc concentration on the induction of metallothionein (MT) in planarians; Significance of the biomolecule of zinc and MT to the protection mechanism of fishes.
Databáze: Complementary Index