High Zn and Cd accumulation in the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae, and its relevance as a sentinel species

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1354-1358

  De Freitas Rebelo, Mauro ^a   Rebouças Do Amaral, Maria Clara ^a   Pfeiffer, Wolfgang Chritstian ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DRY WEIGHT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA RHIZOPHORAE; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0141560818     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00244-3     Document Type: Article

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