Bioconcentration and depuration of copper, cadmium, and zinc mixtures by the freshwater amphipod Hyalella azteca

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Shuhaimi Othman, M ^a   Pascoe, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration; Bioconcentration factor (BCF); Cadmium; Copper; Elimination; Hyalella azteca; Mixture; Uptake; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; METAL; WATER; ZINC;

AMPHIPOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; COPPER; DEPURATION; ZINC;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYALELLA AZTECA; NONHUMAN; STIMULATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

HYALELLA AZTECA;

EID: 33845974114     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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