Heavy metal bioaccumulation in Puerto Rican blue crabs (Callinectes spp.)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-217

  Sastre, M P ^a   Reyes, P ^a   Ramos, H ^a   Romero, R ^a   Rivera, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CRUSTACEAN; HEAVY METAL;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES BOCOURTI; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0033304421     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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