Adsorption of metals in seawater to limpet (Patella vulgata) pedal mucus

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 228-234

  Davies, M S ^a   Cliffe, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SEA WATER; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; GASTROPOD; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; COPPER; METALS, HEAVY; MOLLUSCA; MUCUS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PATELLA VULGATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033966418     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289910034     Document Type: Article

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