Volume 10 Issue 4
Motility of Adherent Hemocytes as a Potential Marker of Immunocompetence and Immunotoxic Effects in Bivalves
R. Péden and F. Le Foll
1UMR-I 02 INERIS URCA-ULH SEBIO/Unité Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, France
2UMR-I 02 INERIS-URCA-ULH SEBIO/Unité Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques, Université du Havre, France
3UMR BOREA «Biologie des ORganismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques», MNHN, UPMC, UCBN, CNRS-7208, IRD-207, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France
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Abstract
Hemocytes are the formed elements of hemolymph, found as circulating immunocom- petent cells in the open vascular system of bivalve molluscs […]
Keywords: bivalves; immunocompetence and immunotoxic effects