Barnacles as biomonitors of heavy metal pollution in the coastal waters of Mazatian harbor (Mexico)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 608-615

  Ruelas Inzunza, J ^a,b   Paez Osuna F ^b  

^a Technological Institute of the Sea   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BARNACLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASONS; THORACICA; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032425816     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900804     Document Type: Article

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