Heavy metals in green mussel (Perna viridis) and oysters (Crassostrea sp.) from Trinidad and Venezuela

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 410-415

  Rojas de Astudillo, L ^a   Chang Yen, I ^b   Agard, J ^b   Bekele, I ^b   Hubbard, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c Institute of Marine Affairs Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; HEAVY METAL; MOLLUSC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COASTAL WATERS; FOOD SAFETY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; VENEZUELA; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; METALS, HEAVY; OSTREIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA; MOLLUSCA; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; OSTREIDAE; PERNA; PERNA VIRIDIS;

EID: 0036240523     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-001-0044-z     Document Type: Article

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