A biological and geochemical integrated approach to assess the environmental quality of a coastal lagoon (Ravenna, Italy)

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 919-928

  Donnini, Filippo ^a   Dinelli, Enrico ^a   Sangiorgi, Francesca ^a,b   Fabbri, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Coastal lagoon; Heavy metals; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Sediment geochemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

BIOMONITORING STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

LAKES;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; LIPID; LIPOFUSCIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LAGOON; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; RAVENNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 34547984118     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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