Procambarus clarkii as a bioindicator of heavy metal pollution sources in the lower Ebro River and Delta

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-286

  Suárez Serrano, Andrea ^a   Alcaraz, Carles ^a   Ibáñez, Carles ^a   Trobajo, Rosa ^a   Barata, Carlos ^a,b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioaccumulation; Crayfish; Ebro River; Heavy metals; Lead; Mercury; Rice fields

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CRAYFISH; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PADDY FIELD; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; RIVER BASIN; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; EBRO RIVER; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

ASTACOIDEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 77649191952     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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