Trace metals in molluscs from the Beagle Channel (Argentina): A preliminary study

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 99, Issue , 2006, Pages 473-483

  Conti, M E ^a   Stripeikis, J ^b   Iacobucci, M ^c   Cucina, D ^a   Cecchetti, G ^c   Tudino, M B ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOLLUSC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL;

ARGENTINA; BEAGLE CHANNEL; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA]; USHUAIA;

MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; NACELLA; NACELLA MAGELLANICA;

EID: 36148989951     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/RAV060471     Document Type: Article

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