Subcellular techniques in radioecological studies

The experimental approach to the study of subcellular components is briefly reviewed with discussion on isolation techniques, chromatography, electrophoresis, dialysis, ultrafiltration, autoradiography and histochemistry. The majority of the examples are, of necessity, drawn from non-marine species but the principle considerations apply equally to all such studies. Some of the subcellular investigations that have been made on marine species are discussed, and the increasing requirement for further studies is illustrated by parallel examples in the mammalian field. (author)