Mercury levels in mole crabs Hippa cubensis, Emerita brasiliensis, E. portoricensis, and Lepidopa richmondi (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippidae) from a sandy beach at Venezuela

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 320-326

  Perez D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CRAB; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VENEZUELA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; MERCURY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VENEZUELA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALBUNEIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EMERITA BRASILIENSIS; EMERITA PORTORICENSIS; HIPPA CUBENSIS; HIPPIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPA RICHMONDI;

EID: 5844421553     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900983     Document Type: Article

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