Mercury in algae of the canary islands littoral

Environment International

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 945-950

  Hardisson, A ^a   Frias I ^a   De Bonis, A ^a   Lozano, G ^a   Baez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; MERCURY (METAL);

MARINE ALGAE;

MARINE POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

ALGA; BIOACCUMULATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ALGA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0032211215     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(98)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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