Benthic macroalgae as biological indicators of heavy metal pollution in the marine environments: A biomonitoring approach for pollution assessment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-68

  Chakraborty, Sukalyan ^a   Bhattacharya, Tanushree ^a   Singh, Gurmeet ^b   Maity, Jyoti Prakash ^c  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management   (India)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Macroalgae; Seawater; Sediment pollution

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; MACROALGA; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC MACROALGA; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BROWN ALGA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DICTYOTA BARTAYRESIANA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PADINA GYMNOSPORA; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ULVA; WATER POLLUTION;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF KUTCH; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METALS; MACROALGAE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892624535     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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