Centennial records of lead contamination in northern Atlantic bivalves (Arctica islandica)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-240

  Krause Nehring, Jacqueline ^a   Brey, Thomas ^a   Thorrold, Simon R ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctica islandica; Bioarchive; Bivalve; Lead pollution; Temperate northern Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ARCTICA; BIOARCHIVE; BIVALVE; LEAD POLLUTION; TEMPERATE NORTHERN ATLANTIC;

LEAD; POLLUTION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CALCIUM; GASOLINE; LEAD;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; EMISSION; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; SHELL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL SHELL; ARCTICA ISLANDICA; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); ICELAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WIND;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND; UNITED STATES;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 84856280869     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.028     Document Type: Article

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