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Detection and assessment of the impact of pollution on biological resources imply increasing research on early-warning markers such as metallothioneins in metal exposure. Metallothioneins are cytosolic, low molecular weight proteins, involved principally in essential metal homeostasis and non-essential metal detoxication. Metallothionein synthesis could be influenced by abiotic (season) or biotic...