Molting as a mechanism of depuration of metals in the fiddler crab, Uca pugnax

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 556-562

  Bergey, Lauren L ^a   Weis, Judith S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body burden; Depuration; Fiddler crabs; Metals; Molting; Uca pugnax

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; ZINC;

BODY BURDEN; DEPURATION; FIDDLER CRABS; UCA PUGNAX;

TISSUE CULTURE;

COPPER; LEAD; METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSPECIFIC; COPPER; CRAB; DEPURATION; EXOSKELETON; LEAD; METAL; MOLT; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DEPURATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE SPECIES; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; SOFT TISSUE; UCA PUGMAX; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; COPPER; LEAD; MALE; MOLTING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MINUCA PUGNAX; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 35148823584     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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