The 'Storm of the Century' (December 1999) and the accidental escape of Siberian sturgeons (Acipenser baerii) into the Gironde estuary (Southwest France): An original approach for metal contamination

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-94

  Maury Brachet, Régine ^a   Rochard, Eric ^b   Durrieu, Gilles ^a   Boudou, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Cadmium; Copper; Gironde estuary (France); Lead; Mercury; Metal contamination; Polymetallic contamination; Siberian sturgeons (Acipenser baerii); Sturgeons; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE SAMPLE; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZINC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GIRONDE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACIPENSER BAERII; ACIPENSERIDAE; MUGILIDAE; OSTREIDAE;

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FISH; FRANCE; GILL; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; RIVER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FRANCE; GILLS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RIVERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 41149139408     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2007.12.469     Document Type: Article

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