Heavy metals in the eggs and muscle of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) from Delaware Bay

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-287

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware Bay; Eggs; Heavy metals; Horseshoe crab; Muscle

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEG MUSCLE; LIMULUS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

BIOACCUMULATION; EGGS; HEAVY METALS; MUSCLE;

USA, DELAWARE, DELAWARE BAY;

HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MUSCLE; SEAWATER; TISSUE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CRABS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

EID: 0030616271     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005718419708     Document Type: Article

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