Comparative analysis of heavy metal and radionuclide contaminants in Black Sea green and red macroalgae

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Strezov, A S ^a   Nonova, Tz P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Contamination; HM; Macroalgae; Monitoring; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONTAMINATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; HEAVY METALS; MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLACK SEA; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; LOW LEVEL GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MACROALGAE;

ALGAE;

HEAVY METAL; RADIOISOTOPE;

BIOINDICATOR; HEAVY METAL; MACROALGA; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BULGARIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GREEN ALGA; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MACROPHYTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; RED ALGA; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BLACK SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 23844483891     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0384     Document Type: Article

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