Biomonitoring of mercury in the Kastela Bay using transplanted mussels

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 261, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 61-68

  Odzak N ^a   Zvonaric T ^a   Kljakovic Gaspic Z ^a   Horvat, M ^b   Baric A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Hg remobilization; Hg uptake; Methyl mercury; Mussels

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CROATIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MERCURIALISM; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0342844301     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00595-7     Document Type: Article

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