Accumulation of copper, nickel, lead and zinc by snail, Lunella coronatus and pearl oyster, Pinctada radiata from the Kuwait coast before and after the Gulf War oil spill

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 197, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 161-165

  Bu Olayan, A H ^a   Subrahmanyam, M N V ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

accumulation; Gulf War; heavy metals; Lunella coronatus; Pinctada radiata

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; OIL; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; KUWAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; KUWAIT; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE EAST; OSTREIDAE; PETROLEUM; SNAILS; WAR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; GULF WAR; GULF WAR 1991; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILLS; PEARL OYSTER; SNAIL;

KUWAIT;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; LUNELLA; LUNELLA CORONATUS; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA RADIATA;

EID: 0030621288     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05428-4     Document Type: Article

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