Using biochemical and isotope geochemistry to understand the environmental and public health implications of lead pollution in the lower Guadiana River, Iberia: A freshwater bivalve study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 109-119

  Company, R ^a   Serafim, A ^a   Lopes, B ^a   Cravo, A ^a   Shepherd, T J ^b   Pearson, G ^b   Bebianno, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALAD; Corbicula fluminea; Lead; Lead isotopes; Lipid peroxidation; Mining areas; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTH SCIENCES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FOOD ADDITIVES; ISOTOPES; LEAD; METALS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; TOXICITY;

ALAD; AMINO-LEVULINIC ACIDS; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOMARKER; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH-PRECISION; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD EXPOSURE; LEAD ISOTOPES; LEAD POISONING; LEAD POLLUTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MINING AREAS; PB CONCENTRATION; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER SYSTEMS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ISOTOPE; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RIVER WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAD; LIPID; MINING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIVALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MINING; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORBICULA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOTOPES; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA RIVER; IBERIAN PENINSULA; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 52949133734     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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