Quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis) as biomonitors of metal contamination: A case study in the upper St. Lawrence River

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-146

  Johns, Carolyn ^a  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomonitor; Metal contamination; Quagga mussel; St. Lawrence River

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITOR; BIOMONITORS; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; COPPER CONCENTRATION; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; INDUSTRIAL SITES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAKE ONTARIO; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; METAL CONTAMINATION; NEARSHORES; POSTERIORI; QUAGGA MUSSELS; SIZE CLASS; SIZE GROUPS; SOFT TISSUE; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TRACE METAL; ZEBRA MUSSELS; ZINC CONCENTRATION;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; COPPER; ECOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMPURITIES; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; METALS; OCEAN HABITATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAKE POLLUTION; OUTFLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; SHELL; ZINC;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ANIMALIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 79951579663     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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