Radionuclides and trace metals in eastern Mediterranean Sea algae

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-168

  Al Masri, M S ^a   Mamish, S ^a   Budier, Y ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Biomonitors; Marine alga; Radionuclides; Syrian coast; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHROMIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

TRACE METALS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

BROMINE; CESIUM 137; CHLORIDE; IODINE; IRON; ISOTOPE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POLONIUM; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; SODIUM; TRACE METAL;

BIOMONITORING; BROWN ALGA; MARINE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TRACE METAL;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RADIOACTIVITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; CYSTOSEIRA; JANIA; JANIA LONGIFURCA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM VULGARE;

EID: 0037233191     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00177-7     Document Type: Article

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