Bioconcentration of heavy metals in aquatic environments: The importance of bioavailability

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1136-1141

  Mountouris, A ^a   Voutsas, E ^a   Tassios, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

BCF; Bioavailability; Heavy metals; Oxides; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOAVAILABILITY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; DATA BASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036805194     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00168-6     Document Type: Article

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