Changes in subcellular metal partitioning in the gills of freshwater bivalves (Pyganodon grandis) living along an environmental cadmium gradient

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 774-784

  Wang, Dacheng ^a   Couillard, Yves ^a,b   Campbell, Peter G C ^a   Jolicoeur, Pierre ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HEAVY METAL; MOLLUSC; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BIVALVIA; PYGANODON GRANDIS;

EID: 0032799033     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-003     Document Type: Article

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