Metal accumulation in the edible marine snail Turbo coronatus (Gmelin) from different locations in Bahrain

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 48-57

  Al Sayed, Hashim A ^a   Dairi, Maheen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Metal accumulation; Spatial; Temporal; Turban shell

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MARINE POLLUTION; TISSUE; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; METAL; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL;

AL JADOOM; AL QULAYAH; ASIA; BAHRAIN; EURASIA; FASHT AL JARIM; JAZIRAT AL SHAIKH ASKAR; MIDDLE EAST;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; TURBINIDAE; TURBO CORONATUS;

EID: 33846426433     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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