Assessment of metal pollution in Onsan Bay, Korea using Asian periwinkle Littorina brevicula as a biomonitor

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 127-137

  Kang, Seong Gil ^a   Choi, Man Sik ^b   Oh, In Sook ^a   Wright, David A ^c   Koh, Chul Hwan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Korea; Littorina brevicula; Metal; Onsan Bay; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; LEAD; SEA WATER; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; MARINE POLLUTION; METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KOREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SNAIL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; KOREA; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MOLLUSCA; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

KOREA;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA BREVICULA;

EID: 0032782687     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00168-0     Document Type: Article

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