The use of marine sponge, Haliclona tenuiramosa as bioindicator to monitor heavy metal pollution in the coasts of Gulf of Mannar, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 451-459

  Venkateswara Rao, J ^a   Srikanth, K ^a   Pallela, Ramjee ^a   Gnaneshwar Rao, T ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Haliclona tenuiramosa; Heavy metals; Nearshore; Offshore

Indexed keywords

BIO-INDICATORS; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; HALICLONA TENUIRAMOSA; HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; MARINE SPONGE; NEARSHORE; NEARSHORES; OFFSHORE; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; OFFSHORE WATER; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SPONGE TISSUE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; CADMIUM; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HISTOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LANDFORMS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METALS; MINES; SEAWATER;

HEAVY WATER;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPONGE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HALICLONA; HALICLONA TENUIRAMOSA; INDIA; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALICLONA; INDIA; IRON; MANGANESE; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GULF OF MANNAR; INDIAN OCEAN;

HALICLONA;

EID: 68649093075     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0497-x     Document Type: Article

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