The relationship between metal concentrations and phenotypes in the Baltic clam Macoma balthica (L.) from the Gulf of Gdansk, southern Baltic

Chemosphere

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 475-484

  Sokolowski, Adam ^a   Fichet, Denis ^b   Garcia Meunier, Pascale ^b   Radenac, Gilles ^b   Wolowicz, Maciej ^a   Blanchard, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Colour; Macoma balthica; Phenotypes; Shape; Southern Baltic Sea; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PHENOTYPES; POLYMORPHISM;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; SELENIUM; SILVER; VANADIUM; ZINC;

COLOR; MOLLUSC; PHENOTYPE; SHAPE; SHELL; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METALS, HEAVY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLAND; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BALTIC SEA;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 0036588177     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00002-4     Document Type: Article

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