Environmental contamination using accumulation of metals in marine sponge, Sigmadocia fibulata inhabiting the coastal waters of Gulf of Mannar, India

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 487-498

  Rao, J Venkateswara ^a   Kavitha, P ^a   Srikanth, K ^a   Usman, P K ^a   Rao, T Gnaneshwar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioindicator; Metals; Sigmadocia fibulata; Sponge

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; INFRASTRUCTURE; MARINE SPONGE;

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; LIPIDS; MACROMOLECULES; OCEAN HABITATS; PROTEINS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEWAGE; SPONGE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

GULF OF MANNAR; INDIAN OCEAN;

SIGMADOCIA;

EID: 34447117475     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240601150588     Document Type: Article

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