δ13C and δ15N shifts in benthic invertebrates exposed to sewage from McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1695-1707

  Conlan, Kathleen E ^a   Rau, Greg H ^b   Kvitek, Rikk G ^c  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Benthos; Bioindicators; McMurdo Station; Sewage; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; TISSUE;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC SEDIMENTS; RIBBON WORM PARBORLASIA; STABLE ISOTOPES;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEWAGE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAUNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; SEA URCHIN; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; STARFISH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO STATION;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONIUM; ASCIDIA; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; CNEMIDOCARPA VERRUCOSA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LATERNULA ELLIPTICA; NEMERTEA; ODONTASTER VALIDUS; PARBORLASIA CORRUGATUS; POLARIBACTER; STERECHINUS NEUMAYERI;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PERCIFORMES; SEWAGE;

EID: 33751349965     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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