Seasonal, spatial and inter-annual variations of trace metals in mussels from the Adriatic sea: A regional gradient for arsenic and implications for monitoring the impact of off-shore activities

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1524-1533

  Fattorini, Daniele ^a   Notti, Alessandra ^a   Di Mento, Rossella ^b   Cicero, Anna Maria ^b   Gabellini, Massimo ^b   Russo, Aniello ^a   Regoli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica Applicata al Mare (ICRAM)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Arsenic compounds; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Off shore platforms; Seasonal fluctuations; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BARIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOMS (METAL); CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COASTAL ZONES; COPPER; EARTH SCIENCES; GRADIENT METHODS; HISTOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; NICKEL; NONMETALS; PHOTORESISTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ARSENIC LEVELS; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSENOCHOLINE; BIO INDICATORS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL-; DATA SETS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; INTER-ANNUAL; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; LOWER CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NATURAL ORIGIN; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; OFF-SHORE; OFF-SHORE PLATFORMS; OSMOLYTE; PO RIVER; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REFERENCE SITES; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEA WATER SALINITY; SEASONAL CYCLES; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SUM MER MONTHS; TISSUE LEVELS; TRACE METALS; TRIMETHYLARSINE OXIDE; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSENOCHOLINE; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIMETHYLARSINE OXIDE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SEA WATER; SELENIUM; TRACE METAL; TRIMETHYLARSINE OXIDE; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLOITATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMETOGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEA; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARSENICALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OUEME; PO RIVER; PORTO NOVO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 47149115855     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.071     Document Type: Article

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