Bioaccumulation of metals by Fucus ceranoides in estuaries of South West England

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2557-2562

  Varma, Ranjit ^a   Turner, Andrew ^a   Brown, Murray T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Estuaries; Fucus ceranoides; Salinity; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; CD CONCENTRATIONS; ENGLAND; FUCUS CERANOIDES; METAL ACCUMULATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL INTERACTIONS; MINING ACTIVITIES; MULTIPLE SAMPLES; PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; TRACE METAL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; COPPER; MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIN;

ESTUARIES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; TIN; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARY; SALINITY; SEAWEED; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; FUCUS; FUCUS CERANOIDES; MINING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUCUS; GEOGRAPHY; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; RIVERS; SALINITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

FUCUS CERANOIDES;

EID: 82455216881     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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