Mytilus galloprovincialis as a bioindicator of environmental conditions: The case of the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-61

  Kandǔca, Tjaša ^a   Medakovíc, Davorin ^b   Hamer, Bojan ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Rud er Bo kovi Institute   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Biogeochemistry; Bioindicator; Carbon 13; Heavy metals; Isotope ecology; Mussel shells; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Oxygen 18

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; HEAVY METAL; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SHELL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MYTILUS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MYTILUS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 79952518230     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2011.548866     Document Type: Article

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