Occurrence of shell deformities in green-lipped mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus) collected from Malaysian coastal waters

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 877-884

  Yap, C K ^a   Ismail, A ^a   Tan, S G ^a   Omar, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MALAYSIA; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASHORE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MALAYSIA; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

INVERTEBRATA; PERNA VIRIDIS;

EID: 0036910722     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0141-3     Document Type: Article

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