Evaluation of mollusks as biomonitors to investigate heavy metal contaminations along the Chinese Bohai Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 324, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 105-113

  Liang, L N ^a   He, B ^a   Jiang, G B ^a   Chen, D Y ^b   Yao, Z W ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (China)

^c NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomonitor; Contamination; Heavy metal; Mollusks

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HEAVY METALS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORS;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIVALVE; CHINA; CONTAMINATION; CRASSOSTREA TALIENWHANENSIS; DOGFISH; EVALUATION; GASTROPOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; NEBULIZATION; NEVERITA DIDYMA; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPANA RENOSA; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; SEASHORE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MOLLUSCA; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BOHAI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NEVERITA; OSTREIDAE; RAPANA VENOSA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 1842736269     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.10.021     Document Type: Article

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