Concentrations of cadmium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc in the alga Fucus serratus in the Severn Estuary from 1971 to 1995

Chemosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 325-334

  Martin, M H ^a   Nickless, G ^a   Stenner, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTION;

FUCUS SERRATUS; ALGAE; FUCUS;

ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; COPPER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FUCUS SERRATUS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

UK, SEVERN ESTUARY;

EID: 0030621032     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(96)00380-3     Document Type: Article

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