Bioaccumulation of dissolved arsenic in the oyster Crassostrea virginica: A radiotracer study

Environmental Bioindicators

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-244

  Gómez Batista, Miguel ^a   Metian, Marc ^b   Teyssie, Jean Louis ^b   Alonso Hernández, Carlos ^a   Warnau, Michel ^b,c  

^a Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos   (Cuba)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioindicator; Bivalve; Caribbean; Dissolved pathway; Kinetics; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREA EDULIS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 37149038533     PISSN: 15555275     EISSN: 15555267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555270701693570     Document Type: Conference Paper

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