Total and organic mercury in the starfish Ctenodiscus crispatus and the polychaete Maldanes sarsi from the barents sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-194

  Ali, I B ^a   Joiris, C R ^a   Holsbeek, L ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Ctenodiscus crispatus; Maldanes sursi; Mercury; Polychaete; Starfish

Indexed keywords

ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; MERCURY; METHYL MERCURY; STARFISH;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BENTHOS; ECOTOXICITY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BARENTS SEA;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; CTENODISCUS CRISPATUS; INVERTEBRATA; MALDANES; MALDANES SARSI; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0030792230     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)84056-9     Document Type: Article

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