Differences in heavy metal concentrations and in the response of the antioxidant system to hypoxia and air exposure in the Antarctic limpet

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Weihe, Ellen, Kriews, Michael, Abele, Doris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: Nacella concinna; oxidative stress; glutathione; heavy metals; hypoxia; air exposure; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Nacella; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00565103; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00565103/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00565103/file/PEER_stage2_10.1016%252Fj.marenvres.2009.09.003.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.09.003

International audience During the austral spring and summer months, the Antarctic limpet colonizes intertidal environments in the Western Antarctica Peninsula region. The species is divided into a permanently sub-littoral and a seasonally intertidal, migratory subpopulation. We investigate the physi...