Mercury levels in Perna viridis from the north coast of Sucre State, Venezuela;Contenido de mercurio en Perna viridis en la costa norte del Estado Sucre, Venezuela

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Rojas, N ^a   Lemus, M ^b   Rojas, L ^b   Martinez G ^c   Ramos, Y ^a   Chung, K S ^c  

^a Universidad de Oriente Núcleo Sucre   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^c Instituto Oceanografico de Venezuela   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Mercury; Perna viridis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MORPHOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

SOUTH AMERICA; SUCRE [VENEZUELA]; VENEZUELA;

MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; PERNA; PERNA VIRIDIS;

EID: 65749084047     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v35i1.1362     Document Type: Article

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