Accumulation of metals in the soft tissues, byssus and shell of the mytilid mussel Perna viridis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from polluted and uncontaminated locations in Hong Kong coastal waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1040-1043

  Nicholson, Shaun ^a,c   Szefer, Piotr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c Mouchel Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; WATER; HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATER; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; HONG KONG; LABORATORY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; PERNA; PERNA VIRIDIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0043027008     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00152-8     Document Type: Article

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