Effect of sewage discharge in Spisula subtruncata (da Costa 1778) populations

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-235

  De La Ossa Carretero, J A ^a   Del Pilar Ruso, Y ^a   Gimenez Casalduero F ^a   Sanchez Lizaso J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COASTAL WATER; DISCHARGE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SPISULA;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CASTELLON; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; PISCES; SPISULA; SPISULA SUBTRUNCATA;

EID: 38349127251     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9031-3     Document Type: Article

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