Copper in indigenous and transplanted zebra mussels in relation to changing water concentrations and body weight

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 886-893

  Mersch, Jacques ^a,b   Wagner, Philippe ^a   Pihan, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Biomonitoring; Copper; Dreissena polymorpha; Indication

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FRESH WATER; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTAMINATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0029992087     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0886:CIIATZ>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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