Bearing the burden of boat harbours: Heavy contaminant and fouling loads in a native habitat-forming alga

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2137-2144

  Johnston, E L ^a   Marzinelli, E M ^a   Wood, C A ^b   Speranza, D ^b   Bishop, J D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Fouling; Metals; Non indigenous species; Saccharina latissima; UK

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ARTIFICIAL HABITATS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FOULING ORGANISMS; NON-INDIGENOUS; NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES; POTENTIAL STRESS; RISK SOURCES; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA; UK;

ANTIFOULING PAINT; BOATS; FOULING; IMPURITIES; MARINAS; METALS; TISSUE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; PAINT; TIN; ZINC;

ALGA; ANTIFOULING; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOULING; FOULING ORGANISM; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KELP; LEAF LAMINA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RISK FACTOR; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; DISINFECTANTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KELP; METALS; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; LAMINARIALES; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA;

EID: 80053130926     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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