Cd, Cu and Zn concentrations in sediments and the invasive bivalves Limnoperna fortunei and Corbicula fluminea at the Rio de la Plata basin, Argentina

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 416, Issue , 1999, Pages 41-49

  Villar, Carlos ^a   Stripeikis, Jorge ^b   D'Huicque, Liliana ^b   Tudino, Mabel ^b   Troccoli, Osvaldo ^b   Bonetto, Carlos ^a  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Quimica Fisica de los Materiales Medio Ambiente y Energia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Corbicula fluminea; Invasive bivalves; Limnoperna fortunei; Metal content; Parana River; Rio de la Plata Estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0033502472     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003811223880     Document Type: Article

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