Bioaccumulation of explosive compounds in the marine mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-245

  Rosen, Gunther ^a   Lotufo, Guilherme R ^b  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Bivalve; Explosives; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OCTAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5,7 TETRAZOCINE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCRETION; HALF LIFE TIME; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEADY STATE; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; AZOCINES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY BURDEN; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HALF-LIFE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 1-RING; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYTILUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAZINES; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 34548695655     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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