A biomonitoring study: Trace metals in seagrass, algae and molluscs in a marine reference ecosystem (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea)

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 308-332

  Conti, Marcelo Enrique ^a   Iacobucci, Marta ^b   Cecchetti, Gaetano ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cystoseira sp.; Marine ecosystems; Monodonta turbinata; Padina pavonica; Patella caerulea; Posidonia oceanica; Trace metals; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

BIOMONITORING; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MOLLUSCS; PADINA PAVONICA; PATELLA CAERULEA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASS;

ALGAE;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BROWN ALGA; GASTROPOD; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAGRASS; TRACE METAL;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SEAGRASS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FAVIGNANA ISLAND; GULF OF GAETA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI; TYRRHENIAN SEA; USTICA;

ALGAE; CYSTOSEIRA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MONODONTA TURBINATA; PADINA PAVONIA; PATELLA CAERULEA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 34248144891     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2007.012808     Document Type: Article

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