Ultrastructural localization of heavy metals (Hg, Ag, Pb, and Cu) in gills and digestive gland of mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis (L.)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 472-478

  Domouhtsidou, G P ^a   Dimitriadis, V K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; SILVER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; BIOACCUMULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GILL; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GILLS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

ANIMALIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0034033244     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449910062     Document Type: Article

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