Trace element (Al, As, B, Ba, Cr, Mo, Ni, Se, Sr, Tl, U and V) distribution and seasonality in compartments of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 611-623

  Malea, Paraskevi ^a   Kevrekidis, Theodoros ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomonitor; Marine angiosperm; Monthly variation; Seagrass compartments; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORS; MARINE ANGIOSPERM; MONTHLY VARIATION; SEAGRASSES; TRACE METAL;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; NICKEL; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; STRONTIUM;

URANIUM;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BORON; CHROMIUM; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SEA WATER; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREECE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAF LAMINA; LEAF SHEATH; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT AGE; PLANT AXIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRUCTURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITOR; MARINE ANGIOSPERM; MONTHLY VARIATION; SEAGRASS COMPARTMENTS; TRACE METAL;

ALISMATIDAE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOME; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AEGEAN SEA; GULF OF THESSALONIKI; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

EID: 84880356529     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.074     Document Type: Article

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