Contents of trace metals in water and macroalgae along the Mediterranean coast of Tunisia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-34

  El Ati Hellal, M ^a,c   Hedhili, A ^b   Dachraoui, M ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique et Electrochimie   (Tunisia)

^b Laboratoire de Toxicologie   (Tunisia)

^c NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METAL; SEA WATER; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BROWN ALGA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUCUS; GREEN ALGA; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; TUNISIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; ULVA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUCUS; METALS, HEAVY; SEAWATER; TUNISIA; ULVA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34249733681     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9000-6     Document Type: Article

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