Biomonitoring of mercury pollution in a wetland near Ravenna, Italy by translocated bivalves (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1801-1805

  Cattani, Otello ^a   Fabbri, Daniele ^b   Salvati, Marco ^b   Trombini, Claudio ^b   Vassura, Ivano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Coastal wetland; Mercury; Mussels; Translocation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOLLUSC; WETLAND;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ITALY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032786807     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1801:BOMPIA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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