The Akoya pearl oyster shell as an archival monitor of lead exposure

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 166-173

  MacFarlane, G R ^a   Markich, S J ^b   Linz, K ^a   Gifford, S ^a   Dunstan, R H ^a   O'Connor, W ^c   Russell, R A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Aquatic Solutions International   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Lead (Pb); Pearl oyster; Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS); Shell

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITOR; PEARL OYSTER; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY (SIMS); SHELL;

CONTAMINATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE;

LEAD;

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; LEAD; POLLUTION; SHELL; SPECTROMETRY;

ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OYSTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; PINCTADA; SHELLFISH; TIME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; PINCTADA IMBRICATA;

EID: 33646416466     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.10.042     Document Type: Article

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