Dioxin and heavy-metal contamination of shellfish and sediments in St. Louis Bay, Mississippi and adjacent marine waters

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 227-241

  Elston, Ralph ^a   Cake Jr , Edwin W ^b   Humphrey, Karen ^a   Isphording, Wayne C ^c   Rensel, J E ^d  

^a AquaTechnics Inc   (United States)

^b Gulf Environmental Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Rensel Associates Aquatic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Dioxin; Furan; Nickel; Oysters; St. Louis Bay; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE; RANGIA; RANGIA CUNEATA;

EID: 18944366400     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[227:DAHCOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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