Effects of copper exposure on the scope for growth of the clam Ruditapes decussatus from southern Portugal

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 992-1000

  Sobral, P ^a   Widdows, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper accumulation; Physiological energetics; Portugal; Ruditapes decussatus; Scope for Growth; Sublethal exposure

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; GROWTH; RESPIRATION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLAM; CLEARANCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SEA POLLUTION; TIME;

PORTUGAL, FARO, RIO FORMOSA;

BIVALVIA; RUDITAPES DECUSSATUS;

EID: 0031425932     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00116-1     Document Type: Article

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