Biomarkers aid understanding of aquatic organism responses to environmental stressors

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" Biomarkers aid understanding of aquatic organism responses to environmental stressors "
Werner, Inge; Clark, Stephen L.; Hinton, David E.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	944723
Doc. No	:	LA0m15r1q1
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Werner, Inge; Clark, Stephen L.; Hinton, David E.
Title & Author	:	Biomarkers aid understanding of aquatic organism responses to environmental stressors [Article]\ Werner, Inge; Clark, Stephen L.; Hinton, David E.
Title of Periodical	:	California Agriculture
Volume/ Issue Number	:	57/4
Date	:	2003
Abstract	:	Biomarkers can be useful tools for understanding the complex interactions that govern organism responses to environmental stressors and their sublethal effects on organism health. We conducted studies on two types of biomarkers: stress proteins and tissue alterations. A study on the freshwater fish medaka demonstrates that the ability to increase cellular stress-protein concentrations at specific life stages can be vitally important for normal embryo development. A field study on Asian clam investigates the usefulness of stress proteins and histopathology as indicators of exposure to and sublethal effects of environmental stressors in the northern San Francisco Bay and Delta.