The tropical brown alga Lobophora variegata as a bioindicator of mining contamination in the New Caledonia lagoon: A field transplantation study

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 438-444

  Hédouin, Laetitia ^a,b,c   Bustamante, Paco ^b   Fichez, Renaud ^c   Warnau, Michel ^a  

^a International Atomic Energy Agency Marine Environment Laboratories IAEA MEL   (Monaco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomonitoring; Depuration; Metals; Sentinel organism; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; METALS; TROPICS;

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; BIOINDICATOR SPECIES; BIOMONITORING; DEPURATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SENTINEL ORGANISM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SILVER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMONITORING; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL LAGOON; DEPURATION; HEAVY METAL; LAGOON; MARINE POLLUTION; MINING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSPLANTATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTAMINATION; LAGOON; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; NEW CALEDONIA;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 52449121049     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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