The tropical brown alga Lobophora variegata (Lamouroux) womersley: A prospective bioindicator for Ag contamination in tropical coastal waters

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-458

  Metian, Marc ^a,b   Warnau, Michel ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration; Biomonitoring; Coral reef ecosystems; Silver

Indexed keywords

BIO INDICATORS; BIOCONCENTRATION; BIOINDICATOR SPECIES; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; DEPURATION; RADIOTRACER TECHNIQUES; SILVER CONTAMINATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; TROPICS;

SILVER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SILVER; TRACER; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; NONHUMAN; TROPICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE, BROWN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF-LIFE; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SILVER; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 52449130574     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9513-7     Document Type: Article

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