Metal compartmentalization and metallothionein isoforms in mussels from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; preliminary approach to the fluid-organism relationship

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 291-293

  Geret, Florence ^a   Rousse, Nathalie ^b   Riso, Ricardo ^c   Sarradin, Pierre Marie ^d   Cosson, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; HEAVY METAL; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032454747     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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