Natural variability and distribution of trace elements in marine organisms from Antarctic coastal environments

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-51

  Grotti, Marco ^a   Soggia, Francesco ^a   Lagomarsino, Cristina ^a   Riva, Simona Dalla ^a   Goessler, Walter ^b   Francesconi, Kevin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cape Evans; Laternula; Metals; Odontaster; Phyllophora; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECHINODERM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RED ALGA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE EVANS; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ISLAND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY;

ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; LATERNULA; LATERNULA ELLIPTICA; MOLLUSCA; ODONTASTER; ODONTASTER VALIDUS; PHYLLOPHORA (RED ALGA); PHYLLOPHORA ANTARCTICA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 38349043660     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000831     Document Type: Article

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