Macroalgae as biomonitors of heavy metal availability in coastal lagoons from the subtropical Pacific of Mexico

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 846-851

  Paez Osuna F ^a   Ochoa Izaguirre, M J ^a   Bojorquez Leyva H ^a   Michel Reynoso, I L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; TRACE METAL;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASHORE;

ALGAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE;

EID: 0033947412     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280000080     Document Type: Article

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