Lead contamination in the Mexican Caribbean recorded by the coral Montastraea annularis (Ellis and Solander)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 421-423

  Medina Elizalde, Martín ^a   Gold Bouchot, Gerardo ^a   Ceja Moreno, Victor ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEAD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WEST INDIES; ANIMAL; HUMAN;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS;

EID: 0035992250     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00284-3     Document Type: Article

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