Heavy metal concentrations in some macrobenthic fauna of the Sundarbans mangrove forest, south west coast of Bangladesh

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 505-514

  Ahmed, Kawser ^a   Mehedi, Yousuf ^b   Haque, Rezaul ^b   Mondol, Pulakesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Heavy metals; Macrobenthos; Sundarbans mangrove forest

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BAY OF BENGAL; BENTHIC FAUNAS; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; CONCENTRATION OF FE; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HORSESHOE CRAB; MACROBENTHIC FAUNA; MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; MANGROVE FOREST; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SUNDARBANS; SUNDARBANS MANGROVE FOREST; WEST COAST;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; METALS; SHELLFISH; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; CRAB; FOREST; GASTROPOD; IRON; LEAD; MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CRAB; GASTROPOD; MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MUDSKIPPER; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANOMURA; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AVICENNIA; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROPODA; HORSESHOE CRABS; METALS, HEAVY; PERCIFORMES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BANGLADESH; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; SUNDARBANS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MEROSTOMATA; PERIOPHTHALMUS;

EID: 79959726439     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1651-9     Document Type: Article

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