Biokinetics of selected heavy metals and radionuclides in two marine macrophytes: The seagrass Posidonia oceanica and the alga Caulerpa taxifolia

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-362

  Warnau, Michel ^a   Fowler, Scott W ^b   Teyssié, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; CADMIUM; CESIUM 134; HEAVY METAL; RADIOISOTOPE; SILVER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; HALF LIFE TIME; KINETICS; PLANT LEAF; SEA POLLUTION; SEAWEED; STEADY STATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGAE; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CHLOROPHYTA; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0030560639     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-1136(95)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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