Evaluation of metallothioneins in blue mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) as a biomarker of mercury and cadmium exposure in the slovenian waters (Gulf of trieste): A long-term field study;Procjena metalotioneina u dagnjama (Mytilus galloprovincialis) kao biomarkera žive i kadmija u slovenskim vodama tršćanskog zaljeva: Studija dugoročnog istraživanja

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-86

  Ramšak, Andreja ^a   Ščančar, Janez ^b   Horvat, Milena ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Field study; Metallothioneins; Metals; Mytilus galloprovincialis; North adriatic

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLLUSC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SLOVENIA;

MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 84868524613     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: 18460453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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