Seasonal and spatial variations of heavy metals in the spiny rock oyster, Spondylus spinosus, from coastal waters of Iskenderun Bay, northern east Mediterranean Sea, Turkey

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 716-722

  Turkmen A ^a   Turkmen M ^b  

^a Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS; OSTREIDAE; SEASONS; SHELLFISH; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; OSTREIDAE; SPONDYLUS;

EID: 30344471852     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0810-0     Document Type: Article

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