Mercury concentrations in invertebrates from Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent fields

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 913-915

  Martins, I ^a   Costa, V ^a   Porteiro, F ^a   Cravo, A ^b   Santos, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOLLUSC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

BATHYMODIOLUS; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MIROCARIS FORTUNATA; MOLLUSCA; RIMICARIS EXOCULATA;

EID: 0035698849     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315401004830     Document Type: Article

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