Uptake of mercury species by transplanted mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis under estuarine conditions (Krka river estuary)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-182

  Mikac, Nevenka ^a   Kwokal, Željko ^a   Martinčić, Darko ^a   Branica, Marko ^a,b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio accumulation; Bio indicators; Mercury species; Mussels

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASHORE; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; YUGOSLAVIA;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATORS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

CROATIA, KRKA ESTUARY;

EID: 0029668928     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05078-4     Document Type: Article

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