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

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Nacella concinna; oxidative stress; glutathione; heavy metals; hypoxia; air exposure; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Nacella; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/50433; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.09.003

Abstract During the austral spring and summer months, the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna 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 ph...