The biomonitoring approach as a tool of trace metal assessment in an uncontaminated marine ecosystem: The island of Ustica (Sicily, Italy)

Geo-Environment: Monitoring and Remedation of the Geological Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 335-344

  Conti, M E ^a   Iacobucci, M ^b   Cecchetti, G ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Marine ecosystems; Molluscs; Monodonta turbinata; Patella cerulea; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEAWATER; WATER; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MOLLUSCS; MONODONTA TURBINATA; PATELLA CERULEA;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 7444249638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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