Total and inorganic arsenic in Antarctic macroalgae

Chemosphere

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1017-1024

  Farías, Silvia ^a   Smichowski, Patricia ^a   Vélez, Dinoraz ^b   Montoro, Rosa ^b   Curtosi, Antonio ^c   Vodopívez, Cristian ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Algae; Antarctica; Arsenic; Inorganic arsenic

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MICROWAVES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ANTARCTIC MACROALGAE; HYDRIDE GENERATION;

ARSENIC;

ACID; ARSENIC; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL; SOLVENT;

ALGAE; ARSENIC; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MICROWAVES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ARSENIC; MACROALGA; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SPECTROMETRY;

ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DIGESTION; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; MACROALGA; MARINE SPECIES; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RHODOPHYTE PERICARP; SEASON; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUMMER;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; POTTER COVE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ALGAE; HIMANTOTHALLUS GRANDIFOLIUS; MYRIOGRAMME; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PHAEURUS ANTARCTICUS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 34548719803     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.04.049     Document Type: Article

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