Biomonitoring of TRACE metal contamination in the Potengi estuary, Natal (Brazil), using the oyster Crassostrea Rhizophorae, a local food source

Water Research

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 4072-4078

  Silva, C A R ^a   Rainbow, P S ^b   Smith, B D ^b   Santos, Z L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biomonitoring; Crassostrea rhizophorae; Estuary; Oyster; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH; METALS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SILVER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; TRACE METAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; ESTUARY; FOOD; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BRAZIL; POTENGI ESTUARY; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE STATE;

CRASSOSTREA RHIZOPHORAE;

EID: 0034816979     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00144-0     Document Type: Article

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