Regional variations of heavy metal concentrations in tissues of barnacles from the subtropical pacific coast of Mexico

Environment International

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 647-654

  Paez Osuna F ^a   Bojorquez Leyva H ^a   Ruelas Inzunza, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; SAMPLING; TISSUE;

BARNACLES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SILVER; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BARNACLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TAXONOMY; TISSUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033166437     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(99)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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