Effects of heavy metal contamination on the macrobenthic fauna in estuaries: The case of the Seine estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 1-5, 2008, Pages 160-169

  Dauvin, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

English channel; Heavy metal contamination Seine estuary; Macrobenthos; Sediment contamination

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; POLLUTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ANALYSIS METHODS; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; INTERSTITIAL WATERS; MACROBENTHIC FAUNA; METAL POLLUTION; POLLUTION LEVELS; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEINE ESTUARY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TRACE METALS;

ESTUARIES;

HEAVY METAL;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARY; FRANCE; MACROBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 44949085696     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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