Modifications in Crassostrea gigas shell composition exposed to high concentrations of lead

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-334

  Almeida, M J ^a   Moura, G ^a   Pinheiro, T ^b   Machado, J ^a   Coimbra, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Lead; PIXE; Shell amino acids; Shell elemental composition

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEAD; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; THREONINE; TRACE METAL; VALINE;

LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECTS; SHELL COMPOSITION; SHELLFISH;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0031940770     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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