Trace metals (Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb) in juvenile fish from estuarine nurseries along the Portuguese coast;Metales traza (Cu, Zn, Cd y Pb) en peces juveniles de las guarderías estuáricas a lo largo de la costa Portuguesa

Scientia Marina

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-162

  Vasconcelos, Rita P ^a   Reis Santos, Patrick ^a   Maia, Anabela ^a,b   Ruano, Miguel ^a,c   Costa, Maria J ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Heavy metals; Juveniles; Nursery grounds; Populations

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; SURVIVAL; TRACE METAL;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 79952846665     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n1155     Document Type: Article

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