A biomonitoring study: Trace metals in algae and molluscs from Tyrrhenian coastal areas

Environmental Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-112

  Conti, Marcelo Enrique ^a   Cecchetti, Gaetano ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Marine ecosystems; Trace metals; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SEA WATER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ALGA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; TRACE METAL;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CHLOROPHYTA; GASTROPODA; LACTUCA; MOLLUSCA; MONODONTA; MONODONTA TURBINATA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PADINA; PADINA PAVONICA; PATELLA CAERULEA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; ULVA; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 0037972007     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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