Three decades of Cd and Zn contamination in Sepetiba Bay, SE Brazil: Evidence from the mangrove oyster Crassostraea rhizophorae

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 974-977

  Lacerda, L D ^a,b   Molisani, M M ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAY; CADMIUM; MANGROVE; OYSTER CULTURE; ZINC;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CADMIUM; CRASSOSTREA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SEPETIBA BAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747883136     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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