Uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from suspended oil borne sediments by the marine bivalve Sunetta scripta

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-69

  Nandini Menon, N ^a   Menon, N R ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Clams; Contamination; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); Sediment load

Indexed keywords

OIL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FILTER FEEDING; PAH; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BIVALVIA; SUNETTA; SUNETTA SCRIPTA;

EID: 0344507182     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(98)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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