In vivo and in vitro effects of heavy metals on DNA polymerase activities in the digestive gland of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam

Histological and ultrastructural studies of larval and juvenile Lampsilis (Bivalvia) from the Upper Mississippi River

“…Various detoxification and sequestration mechanisms have been identified, such as incorporation into calcium concretions ), binding to 6 metallothionein-like low molecular weight proteins (Accomando et al 1990) and Immobilization In phagolysosomes (Coombs and George 1978 (Sunila , 1988; (2) for digestive glands, changes In epithelial structure, vacuolization and accumulation of lipids in digestive and basophil cells ; (3) for the kidneys, ultrastructural changes including swollen mitochondria and reduced glycogen reserves (Hemeiraad et al 1990);…”