Whaleworms as a tag to map zones of heavy-metal pollution

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 204-206

  Pascual, Santiago ^a   Abollo, Elvira ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓNS MARIÑAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METAL;

ANISAKIS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WHALE;

ANISAKIDAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 17444388933     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.03.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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