Baseline arsenic levels in marine and terrestrial resources from a pristine environment: Isabel Island, Solomon Islands

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 354-360

  Grinham, Alistair ^a   Kvennefors, Charlotte ^a   Fisher, Paul L ^a   Gibbes, Badin ^a   Albert, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Baseline; Seafood; Solomon Islands; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TOXICITY;

ARSENIC SPECIATION ANALYSIS; BASELINE; CHEMICALS OF CONCERN; INORGANIC ARSENIC; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS; SEAFOOD; SOLOMON ISLANDS; TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; SURFACE WATER; ARSENOBETAINE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; SOIL;

ARSENIC; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE RESOURCE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAFOOD; SEAWEED; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT; ISABEL ISLAND; LAND BIOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SARGASSUM; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH; SOLOMON ISLANDS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; FISH; MELANESIA; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOIL;

SANTA ISABEL [SOLOMON ISLANDS]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MELANESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; SOIL;

EID: 84908659563     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.08.018     Document Type: Article

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