Metal levels in horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) from Maine to Florida

Environmental Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-236

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Dixon, Carline ^b   Shukla, Tara ^b   Tsipoura, Nellie ^c   Gochfeld, Michael ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b C R E Stake P E/O H Sci I   (United States)

^c Natural Resources Defense Council   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic coast; Horse shoe crabs; Mercury; Metals; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CRAB; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; TENDON; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HORSESHOE CRABS; MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; METALS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEW YORK; OVUM; SELENIUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EQUUS CABALLUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0036866053     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(02)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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