Heavy metal bioassays on selected fauna from the Karachi coast (Northwest Arabian Sea)

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-157

  Kidwai, Samina ^a   Ahmed, Muzammil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Intertidal species; Karachi coast; LC50

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; HEAVY METAL; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; ASTROPECTEN; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYTHOE; GASTROPODA; LEPTODIUS; LEPTODIUS EXARATUS; METAPENAEUS; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; OPHIONEREIS; PERNA VIRIDIS; PLANAXIS SULCATUS; TURBO CORONATUS;

EID: 0033451383     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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