Addendum to: Dioxin and heavy-metal contamination of shellfish and sediments in St. Louis Bay, Mississippi and adjacent marine waters

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1253-1255

  Elston, Ralph ^a   Cake Jr , Edwin W ^b   Humphrey, Karen ^a   Isphording, Wayne C ^c   O'Connor, Rod ^d   Rensel, J E ^e  

^a AquaTechnics Inc   (United States)

^b Gulf Environmental Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Chemical Consulting Services   (United States)

^e Rensel Associates Aquatic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Dioxin; Furan; Nickel; Oysters; St. Louis Bay; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; SHELLFISH;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LOUIS BAY; UNITED STATES;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33746922338     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[1253:ATDAHC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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