Foraminifers as indicators of marine pollution: A culture experiment with Rosalina leei

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-96

  Saraswat, R ^a   Kurtarkar, Sujata R ^a   Mazumder, A ^a   Nigam, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Culture experiment; Foraminifers; Mercury pollution; Rosalina leei

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); SALINE WATER;

ABNORMAL CHAMBERS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOINDICATOR; GROWTH RATE; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FORAMINIFER; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; ROSALINA LEEI; SEA POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER SAMPLING;

FORAMINIFERA; ROSALINA;

EID: 0346725850     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00330-8     Document Type: Article

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