Temporal and spatial trends in heavy metal concentrations in the marine mussel Mytilus edulis from the Western Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 540, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 169-180

  Mubiana, Valentine K ^a   Qadah, Diab ^a   Meys, Joris ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Heavy metals; Mussels; Salinity and pollution gradient; Scheldt estuary; Temporal and seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEAVY METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; MARINE MUSSELS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

HEAVY METAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 21144456040     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-7134-7     Document Type: Article

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