Bioaccumulation of metals in black mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) in Cape Town Harbour, South Africa

Environmentalist

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-57

  Fatoki, Olalekan S ^a   Okoro, Hussein K ^a   Adekola, Folahan A ^b   Ximba, Bhekumusa J ^a   Snyman, Reinette G ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Correlation; EDXRF; Metals; Mussels; Shell; Tissue

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GUIDELINE; HARBOR; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

MUSCULUS NIGER; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 84857454674     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-011-9370-5     Document Type: Article

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