The Tomlinson Pollution Load Index applied to heavy metal, 'mussel- watch' data: A useful index to assess coastal pollution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-56

  Angulo, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Mussels; Pollution index

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METALS; MUSSELS; POLLUTION DETECTION; TOMLINSON POLLUTION LOAD INDEX;

EID: 0030586404     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05128-5     Document Type: Article

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