Impact of Selected Environmental Pollutants on the Ultrastructure of the Gills in <i>Pinctada radiata</i> from Coastal Zones, Egypt — Oak Academic Publishing
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Impact of Selected Environmental Pollutants on the Ultrastructure of the Gills in <i>Pinctada radiata</i> from Coastal Zones, Egypt
Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, KSA
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Damnhour University, El Behara, Egypt
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Department of Biology, College of Medicine, Dammam University, Saudi Arabia, KSA
1 Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, KSA
2 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
3 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Damnhour University, El Behara, Egypt
4 Department of Biology, College of Medicine, Dammam University, Saudi Arabia, KSA
There has been an increasing interest in marine oysters (order: Petridae) in recent years because their numbers are declining in many parts of the world and also because they are used as monitors of pollution. The present study describes the microscopic structure of gills as viewed by light and electron microscopy in two locations selected in Alexandria coast, Eastern Harbor (E.H.) and El Asafra. The specimens in the E.H. represent the presence of extracellular mineralized granules.
KeywordsGillBivalveTransmission Electron Microscope<i>Pinctada radiata</i>
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