Metals in the green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebrachiensis) as an indicator for the near-field effects of chemical wastes from salmon aquaculture sites in New Brunswick, Canada

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 948-956

  Chou, C L ^c   Haya, K ^a   Paon, L A ^b   Moffatt, J D ^b  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GONAD; HEAVY METAL POISONING; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA URCHIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NEW BRUNSWICK; SALMON; SEA URCHINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS;

EID: 0242417446     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0074-5     Document Type: Article

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