Effects of sewage contamination on macro-algae and shellfish at Moa point, New Zealand using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-188

  Rogers, Karyne M ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Cellana denticulata; EA IRMS; Mytilus galloprovinialis; Sewage contamination; Ulva lactula

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; TRACER;

MOA POINT; NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; CELLANA; CELLARIA; CELLARIA DENTICULATA; INVERTEBRATA; LACTUCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PATELLIDAE; ULVA; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 0032853484     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516868     Document Type: Article

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