Combining the use of gradients and reference areas to study bioaccumulation in wild oysters in the Hunter River estuary, New South Wales, Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 873-883

  Lincoln Smith, Marcus P ^a   Cooper, Timothy F ^a,b  

^a The Ecology Lab Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metals; PAH; Point source; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Saccostrea glomerata; Steelworks

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DATA REDUCTION; ESTUARIES; RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC BIOTA; WILD OYSTERS;

WATER QUALITY;

METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; PAH; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HUNTER RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA; SACCOSTREA GLOMERATA;

EID: 2342583472     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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