Incidence of trace metals in Scylla serrata, an edible crab from Ashtamudi estuary, India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-106

  John, Linda ^a   Fernandez, Tresa V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Concentration; Deposition of metals; Scylla serrata; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; TRACE METALS;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; FEMALE; GILL; GONAD; HEPATOPANCREAS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE;

ASHTAMUDI ESTUARY; INDIA; KERALA;

DECAPODA; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 0031914351     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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