Heavy metals in Macoma balthica and extractable metals in sediments from the southern Baltic Sea

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-163

  Hendozko, Edyta ^a   Szefer, Piotr ^a   Warzocha, Jan ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Associated sediments; Baltic Sea; Biomonitor; Macoma balthica; Soft tissue; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CLAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MACOMA BALTHICA; METAL EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BALTIC STATES; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK;

MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 70649105475     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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