Evaluation of the potential bioaccumulation ability of the blood cockle (Anadara granosa L.) for assessment of environmental matrices of mudflats

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 584-597

  Mirsadeghi, Seiedeh Aghileh ^a   Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi ^a   Yap, Chee Kong ^a   Gobas, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anadara granosa; Bioaccumulation; Biomonitor; Malaysia; Mudflats; PAHs

Indexed keywords

ANADARA GRANOSA; BIOMONITORS; MALAYSIA; MUDFLATS; PAHS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOHAZARDS; BLOOD; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELLFISH;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 METHYLPHENANTHERENE; 1 METHYLPYRENE; 2 METHYLANTHRACENE; 2 METHYLPHENANTHERENE; 3 METHYLPHENANTHERENE; 9 METHYLPHENANTHERENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[E]ACEPHENANTHERENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; FLUORANTHENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENYLALANINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MUDFLAT; PAH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANADARA; ANADARA GRANOSA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ARCIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALAYSIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

TEGILLARCA GRANOSA;

EID: 84876831971     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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