Heavy metal contamination and hepatic toxicological responses in brown trout (Salmo trutta) from the Kerguelen Islands

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Jaffal, Ali, Betoulle, Stephane, Biagianti-risbourg, Sylvie, Terreau, Alexandre, Sanchez, Wilfried, Paris-palacios, Severine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Co-action Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Brown trout; freshwater; fish; sub-Antarctic; liver; biomarkers; Antarctic; Chateau; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Antarc*; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00499/61109/64571.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v34.22784; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00499/61109/

The Kerguelen Islands include various species of freshwater fish such as brown trout (Salmo trutta). These trout are among the most isolated from direct anthropogenic impact worldwide. This study was designed to analyse cadmium (Cd) and copper (Cu) concentrations in the liver of Kerguelen brown trou...