Use of oyster, Crassostrea gigas, and ambient water to assess metal pollution status of the charting coastal area, Taiwan, after the 1986 green oyster incident

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2505-2532

  Lee, Chon Lin ^a   Chen, Huei Yi ^a   Chuang, May Yin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Erjin Chi; Green oyster; Metals; Sediment

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTION;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

BIOMONITORING; METAL POLLUTION; OYSTER BED; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030392308     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(96)00344-X     Document Type: Article

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