Factors contributing to heavy metal accumulation in sediments and in the intertidal mussel Perna perna in the Gulf of Annaba (Algeria)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 477-489

  Belabed, Bourhane Eddine ^a   Laffray, Xavier ^b   Dhib, Amel ^c   Fertouna Belakhal, Mouna ^d   Turki, Souad ^c   Aleya, Lotfi ^b  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^d Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Algeria; Annaba Gulf; Heavy metals; Mussels; Perna perna; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ANNABA GULF; HEALTH STANDARDS; HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; MONITORING STATIONS; MUSSELS; PERNA PERNA;

HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

MOLLUSCS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ALGERIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERNA PERNA; PH; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; TISSUE LEVEL; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ALGERIA; ANNABA GULF; SEYBOUSE BASIN; TARF;

PERNA PERNA;

EID: 84884139507     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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