Mercury and other trace metals (Ag, Cr, Co, and Ni) in soft tissue and byssus of Mytilus edulis from the east coast of Kyushu Island, Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Szefer, P ^a   Ikuta, K ^b   Frelek, K ^a   Zdrojewska, I ^a   Nabrzyski, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Byssus; Mercury; Mytilus edulis; Soft tissue; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; TRACE METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL WATERS; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TRACE METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHROMIUM; COBALT; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; SEAWATER; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENTS;

JAPAN;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0032987884     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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