Heavy metal concentrations in marine molluscs from the Moroccan coastal region

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-183

  Maanan, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic input; Atlantic coast; Heavy metal; Molluscs; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUT; ATLANTIC COAST; MOLLUSCS;

MERCURY (METAL);

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOLLUSC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDUSTRIAL AREA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSC; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SPRING; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS, HEAVY; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC COAST [MOROCCO]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; DOUKKALA-ABDA; JORF LASFAR; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; OSTREIDAE; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 41949117065     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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