Trace metals in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, and sediments from the coastal lagoons Mecoacan, Carmen and Machona, Tabasco, Mexico

Chemosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2437-2450

  Marín Mézquita, Lourdes ^a   Baeza, Lucely ^a   Zapata Pérez, Omar ^a   Gold Bouchot, Gerardo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; LAGOON; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PARASITE; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; BIVALVIA; OSTREIDAE;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL LAGOONS; OYSTER; OYSTER FISHERIES; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL; TRACE METALS;

MEXICO, TABASCO STATE;

EID: 0030618190     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00046-5     Document Type: Article

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