The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea as a biomonitor of trace element contamination: Accounting for different sources of variation using an hierarchical linear model

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2224-2232

  Shoults Wilson, W Aaron ^a,b   Peterson, James T ^a   Unrine, Jason M ^b   Rickard, James ^c   Black, Marsha C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomonitor; Corbicula fluminea; Hierarchical linear model; Trace element

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORS; CONDITION INDEX; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; GEORGIA; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODEL; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PAPER PULP; PROCESSING FACILITIES; RIVER SYSTEMS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SOURCES OF VARIATION; STRONGEST RELATIONS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TOXIC TRACE ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENT ACCUMULATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; KAOLIN; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL); NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; KAOLIN; LEAD; MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; KAOLIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIVALVE; CLAM; CLAY; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORBICULA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEORGIA; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHEMICALS; CONCENTRATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FORESTRY; KAOLIN; PAPER MILLS; PLANTS; POLLUTION; PULP MILLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 70449877117     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/09-058.1     Document Type: Article

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