Trace metals in the bivalve mollusc Chamelea gallina from the Atlantic Coast of Southern Spain

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-310

  Usero, José ^a   González Regalado, Eduardo ^a   Gracia, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEA FOOD; SEASHORE; SPAIN;

CHAMELEA GALLINA;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE METALS;

SPAIN, ATLANTIC COAST;

EID: 0029668539     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-326X(95)00209-6     Document Type: Article

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