Baseline metal concentration in the Asian periwinkle Littorina brevicula employed as a biomonitor to assess metal pollution in Korean coastal water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 263, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 143-153

  Kang, Seong Gil ^a   Wright, David A ^b   Koh, Chul Hwan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Korea; Littorina brevicula; Metal; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; SEA WATER; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; COASTAL WATER; MARINE POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KOREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KOREA; METALS, HEAVY; MOLLUSCA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

KOREA;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA BREVICULA;

EID: 0034684778     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00695-1     Document Type: Article

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