Accumulation of chromium by a population of mussels (Mytilus edulis (L.)) exposed to leather tannery effluent

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1429-1438

  Walsh, Andrew R ^a   O'Halloran, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Chromium; Leather tannery; Mussels

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMIUM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SHELLFISH; TANNERY EFFLUENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0031777010     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1429:AOCBAP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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