In situ monitoring of dredged material spoil sites using the oyster Crassostrea virginica

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 340-348

  Wirth, E F ^a   Scott, G I ^a   Fulton, M H ^a   Van Dolah, R F ^b   Maier, P P ^b   Hadley, N ^b   Daugomah, J W ^a   Key, P B ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILVER; SURFACE WATER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DREDGING; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0029875888     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00212292     Document Type: Article

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