Long-term changes in heavy metal loadings of Ascophyllum nodosum from the Firth of Clyde, UK

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 1996, Pages 305-310

  Molloy, Fergus J ^a   Hills, Jeremy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clyde; environmental impact; marine pollution; metals; seaweed

Indexed keywords

ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; ASCOPHYLLUM;

HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LONG-TERM CHANGES;

UK, SCOTLAND, STRATHCLYDE, FIRTH OF CLYDE;

EID: 0029663223     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00047823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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