Metal concentrations and metallothionein levels in Mytilus galloprovincialis from Elefsis bay (Saronikos gulf, Greece)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7189-7205

  Strogyloudi, Evangelia ^a   Angelidis, Michael O ^b   Christides, Anastassios ^c   Papathanassiou, Evangelos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c Bureau of Pollution Control and Environmental Quality   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elefsis bay; Metal bioaccumulation; Metallothionein; Mytilus galloprovincialis

Indexed keywords

CONDITION INDEX; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; ELEFSIS BAY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; METAL BIOACCUMULATION; METAL BIOAVAILABILITY; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL SOURCES; METALLOTHIONEINS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SARONIKOS GULF; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPRING SEASON; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; MANGANESE; METALS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; SHIPS;

COPPER;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; SEA WATER; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLLUSC; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEAWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; COASTAL WATERS; EXOCRINE GLAND; GREECE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; MYTILUS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AEGEAN SEA; ELEFSIS GULF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 84866389171     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2490-z     Document Type: Article

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