Sulphide-induced metal precipitation in the mantle edge of Macoma balthica (Bivalvia, Tellinidae) - A means of detoxification

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 187, Issue , 1999, Pages 159-170

  Windoffer, Reinhard ^a,b   Jahn, Andreas ^c   Meyberg, Frank ^a   Krieger, Jens ^a   Giere, Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Baltic Sea; Bivalves; Detoxification; Diffusion; Elemental analysis; Heavy metals; Hydrogen sulphide; Macoma balthica; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 0033554663     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps187159     Document Type: Article

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