The role of echinoderms as bioindicators of seawater pollution: A case study from Patraicos and Corinthiacos gulf, N. Peloponnesus, Greece

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 293-303

  Portocali, Ph ^a   Iliopoulou Georgudaki, J ^a   Catsiki, V A ^b   Papapetropoulou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

bioindicators; Echinoderms; heavy metals; microbiological pollution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; MICROBIOLOGY; NICKEL; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; STATISTICAL METHODS; ZINC;

ECHINODERMS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 0030937123     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249709358443     Document Type: Article

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