Assessment of pollution level using Mytilus galloprovincialis as a bioindicator species: The case of the Gulf of Trieste

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 455-463

  Kristan, Urška ^a   Kanduč, Tjaša ^a   Osterc, Andrej ^a   Šlejkovec, Zdenka ^a   Ramšak, Andreja ^b   Stibilj, Vekoslava ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

As speciation; Biomarkers; Gulf of Trieste; Metals; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ISOTOPES; METALS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

AS SPECIATION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NUTRIENTS CONCENTRATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRIESTE;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CARBON; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN; NITROGEN; SELENIUM; ZINC; METAL; METALLOID; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SLUDGE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; FEMALE; GILL; MICRONUCLEUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE; WINTER; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MYTILUS; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SLOVENIA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; KOPER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PIRAN; SLOVENIA;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALLOIDS; METALS; MYTILUS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SLOVENIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84913590353     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.09.046     Document Type: Article

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