Measurement of stress effects (scope for growth) and contaminant levels in mussels (Mytilus edulis) collected from the Irish Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-356

  Widdows, J ^a   Donkin, P ^a   Staff, F J ^a   Matthiessen, P ^b   Law, R J ^b   Allen, Y T ^b   Thain, J E ^b   Allchin, C R ^b   Jones, B R ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Effects physiology; Hydrocarbons; Irish Sea; Metals; Mussels; Pollution monitoring; Scope for growth; Sewage

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; IMPURITIES; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; TISSUE; WATER QUALITY;

COASTLINES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALKYLBENZENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIELDRIN; FOSSIL FUEL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; LINDANE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SELENIUM; SILVER; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROWTH; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRELAND; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEWAGE; STRESS; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRELAND; METALS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

IRISH SEA;

ALGAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0036567896     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(01)00120-9     Document Type: Article

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