PCB accumulation and alterations of lipids in two length classes of the oyster Crassostrea angulata and of the clam Ruditapes decussatus

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Ferreira, A M ^a   Vale, C ^a  

^a Inst de Investigacao das P   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accumulation; C. angulata; Lipid class; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB); R. decussatus; Size

Indexed keywords

LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOACCUMULATION; MOLLUSC; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLAM; ESTUARY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PORTUGAL; SEA POLLUTION; TIME;

PORTUGAL, RIA FORMOSA; PORTUGAL, SADO ESTUARY;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA ANGULATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 0032052841     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(97)00130-X     Document Type: Article

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