Trace metals in suspended particles, sediments and Asiatic clams (Corbicula fluminea) of the Rio de la Plata estuary, Argentina

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Bilos, Claudio ^a   Colombo, Juan C ^a   Presa, María José Rodriguez ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asiatic clam; Heavy metals; Rio de la Plata estuary; Sentinel organisms

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CLAM; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CITY; CLAM; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; SAND; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA, RIO DE LA PLATA;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0031840014     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00177-2     Document Type: Article

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