Metals in sediment, seagrass and gastropods near a nickel smelter in Greece: Possible interactions

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 360-365

  Nicolaidou, Artemis ^a   Nott, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerithium vulgatum; Greece; Metals; Monodonta mutabilis; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMUALTION; BIOACCUMULATION; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TRACE METALS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; GASTROPOD; GRASS; GREECE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEDIMENT; SMELTER;

GREECE;

ANIMALIA; CERITHIUM VULGATUM; CYMODOCEN; CYMODOCEN NODOSA; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; MONODONTA; MONODONTA MUTABILIS;

EID: 0032077787     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00195-1     Document Type: Article

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