Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of arsenic in the Mediterranean polychaete Sabella spallanzanii: Experimental observations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1186-1191

  Notti, Alessandra ^a   Fattorini, Daniele ^a   Razzetti, Erika M ^a   Regoli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biotransformation; Dimethylarsinic acid; Polychaetes; Sabella spallanzanii

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIMETHYLARSINIC ACIDS (DMA); POLYCHAETES; SABELLA SPALLANZANII;

BACTERIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INORGANIC ACIDS; METHYLATION; PHOSPHATES;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENOBETAINE; CACODYLIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; TRIMETHYLARSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYCHAETE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; ECOTOXICITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SABELLA SPALLANZANII; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORM;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIOTRANSFORMATION; POLYCHAETA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

POLYCHAETA; SABELLA SPALLANZANII;

EID: 34250631430     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-362R.1     Document Type: Article

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