Calcareous skeletons of sea urchins as indicators of heavy metals pollution. Portman Bay, Spain

Environmental Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 78-83

  Auernheimer, C ^a   Chinchon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Pollution; Sea urchins; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATORS; CALCAREOUS SKELETONS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL WATERS; CONTAMINATION; ECHINOID; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

SPAIN, MEDITERRANEAN COAST;

EID: 0030621029     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050106     Document Type: Article

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