Field validation of autometallographical black silver deposit (BSD) extent in three bivalve species from the Lagoon of Venice, Italy (Mytilus galloprovincialis, Tapes philippinarum, Scapharca inaequivalvis) for metal bioavailability assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 156-167

  Marin, M G ^a   Boscolo, R ^a   Cella, A ^a   Degetto, S ^b   Da Ros, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autometallography; Bivalves; Lagoon of Venice; Sediment pollution; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMAGE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SILVER DEPOSITS;

AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; BIVALVES; LAGOON OF VENICE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METALS;

SEWAGE LAGOONS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILVER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; FIELD METHOD; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIVALVE; CLAM; ITALY; LAGOON; LYSOSOME; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIVALVIA; CITIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; LYSOSOMES; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SILVER STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; SCAPHARCA INAEQUIVALVIS; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 33750496568     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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