Trace elements in edible shellfish species from the lower Gangetic delta

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1512-1517

  Mitra, Abhijit ^a   Banerjee, Kakoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Gangetic delta; Shellfish; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DELTA; EDIBLE SPECIES; LEAD; SHELLFISH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; RIVER; SHRIMP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CRASSOSTREA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PENAEIDAE; RIVERS; SHELLFISH; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CRASSOSTREA MADRASENSIS; FENNEROPENAEUS INDICUS; PENAEUS MONODON; SACCOSTREA CUCCULLATA; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 79961126316     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.04.031     Document Type: Article

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