Interactions between metals and microbial communities in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 1033-1039

  Ford, Tim ^a   Sorci, Jonathan ^a   Ika, Ravi ^a   Shine, Jim ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Marine sediments; Microbial ecosystem; Molecular biomarkers; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEAVY METAL; METAL;

BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031658889     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106s41033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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