Lead and cadmium levels in seawater and limpet (Patella vulgata L.) from the Vigo estuary;Niveles de plomo y cadmio en agua marina y lapas (Patella vulgata L.) de la Ría de Vigo

Revista de Toxicologia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-22

  Perez Lopez M ^a   Novoa M C ^a   Alonso, J ^a   Garcia Fernandez M A ^a   Melgar, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Limpet; Seawater; Shell; Soft tissue; Vigo estuary

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; GASTROPOD; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PATELLA VULGATA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PATELLA VULGATA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 0037284615     PISSN: 02127113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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