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Sea urchin coelomocytes as a novel cellular biosensor of environmental stress: a field study in the Tremiti Island Marine Protected Area, Southern Adriatic Sea, Italy.
Cell biology and toxicology - 1 Dec 2008
Pinsino A, Della Torre C, Sammarini V, Bonaventura R, Amato E, Matranga V
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The aim of the present study was to investigate on the suitability of the sea urchin as a sentinel organism for the assessment of the macro-zoobenthos health state in bio-monitoring programmes. A field study was carried out during two oceanographic campaigns using immuno-competent cells, the coel...
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