Toxicity and accumulation of mercury in three species of crabs with different osmoregulatory capacities

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Bianchini, A ^a,b   Gilles, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BRACHYURA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GILLS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MERCURY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CRAB; MERCURY; OSMOREGULATORY CAPACITY; SALINITY; TOXICITY;

BIOASSAY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SULFURIC ACID; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CRABS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MERCURY ACCUMULATION; MERCURY DETERMINATIONS; OSMOREGULATORY CAPACITIES; SALINITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 0029666576     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900160     Document Type: Article

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