An integrated ecotoxicological approach to assess the effects of pollutants released by unexploded chemical ordnance dumped in the southern Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-23

  Amato, E ^a   Alcaro, L ^a   Corsi, I ^b   Della Torre, C ^a   Farchi, C ^a   Focardi, S ^b   Marino, G ^a   Tursi, A ^c  

^a ICRAM (Central Institute of Applied Marine Research)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CONGER; CONGER CONGER; HELICOLENUS DACTYLOPTERUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645563313     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0216-x     Document Type: Article

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