Influence of weight on the content of trace metals in tissues of Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819): A forecast model

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Conti, Marcelo Enrique ^a   Iacobucci, Marta ^b   Cecchetti, Gaetano ^b   Alimonti, Alessandro ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c Italian National Health Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental biomonitoring; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; CADMIUM; COPPER; FORECASTING; LEAD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMONITORING; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; TENDENCY FUNCTION; WEIGHT ORGANISMS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SEA WATER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; ITALY; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYTILUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MARCHE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 43549108754     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9875-z     Document Type: Article

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