Trace Metals in the Brown Mussel perna from the Coastal Waters off Yemen (Gulf of Aden): How Concentrations Are Affected by Weight, Sex, and Seasonal Cycle

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-80

  Sokolowski, A ^a   Bawazir, A S ^b   Wolowicz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b Hadramout University of Science and Technology   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; BODY MASS; COASTAL WATER; MARINE POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROLOGY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PERNA PERNA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAWNING; YEMEN;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS; YEMEN;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILIDAE; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 1642553600     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-2164-0     Document Type: Article

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