The potential use of the South African river crab, Potamonautes warreni, as a bioindicator species for heavy metal contamination

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 159-166

  Schuwerack, P M M ^a   Lewis, J W ^a   Jones, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioindicator species; Cadmium bioavailability; Digestive gland; Gills; Haemolymph; Potamonautes warreni; South Africa; Tolerance; Uptake

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; RIVER WATER; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; CRAB; HEAVY METAL; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ECOTOXICITY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GILL; HEMOLYMPH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AFRICA; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BRACHYURA; CADMIUM; COPPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GILLS; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMONAUTES WARRENI;

EID: 0035011260     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016689810391     Document Type: Article

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