The application of lead isotope ratios in the Antarctic macroalga Iridaea cordata as a contaminant monitoring tool

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 961-966

  Runcie, John W ^a   Townsend, Ashley T ^b   Seen, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biomonitoring; Iridaea cordata; Isotope ratios; Macroalgae; Pb; Windmill Islands

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BIOMONITORING; IRIDAEA CORDATA; ISOTOPE RATIOS; MACROALGAE; PB; WINDMILL ISLANDS;

CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEAD ALLOYS; LOCATION; MILLING MACHINES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LEAD;

LEAD;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROALGA; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRIDAEA CORDATA; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ALGAE, RED; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOTOPES; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA; BROWN BAY; EAST ANTARCTICA; THALA VALLEY; WINDMILL ISLANDS;

IRIDAEA CORDATA; THALA;

EID: 67649416063     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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