Monitoring of trace metal contamination in the souss estuary (South Morocco) using the clams Cerastoderma edule and Scrobicularia plana

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-288

  Anajjar, El Mehdi ^a   Chiffoleau, Jean François ^b   Bergayou, Hafida ^a   Moukrim, Abdelatif ^a   Burgeot, Thierry ^b   Cheggour, Mohamed ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Ecole Normale Superieure Marrakech   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Metals; Monitoring; South estuary; Waste water

Indexed keywords

BIVALVES; METAL CONTAMINATION; SOUTH ESTUARY;

CHARACTERIZATION; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 40949104299     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9364-2     Document Type: Article

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