Volume 10 Issue 3
Immune Response of Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis) in Spawning Period Following Exposure to Metals
C. Vaillancourt
1INRS – Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, QC, Canada
2BioMed Research Centre, Université du Québec, Laval, QC, Canada
3Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France
4Université de Moncton, Département de chimie et de biochimie, Moncton, NB, Canada
Abstract
Mytilus edulis are sensitive to environmental contamination like metals, such as silver (Ag), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg), which are bioavailable for this species […]
Keywords: mussel hemocytes; phagocytosis; cadmium; lead; mercury; silver