An analysis of historical Mussel Watch Programme data from the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, Cape Town

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 374-380

  Sparks, Conrad ^a   Odendaal, James ^a   Snyman, Reinette ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Long term monitoring; Metals; Mussels; Mytilus galloprovincialis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; WATCHES;

CAPE TOWN; LONG TERM MONITORING; MUSSELS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

MOLLUSCS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ZINC; METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MOLLUSC; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; EBB TIDE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; OCEAN CURRENT; PERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; ANIMAL; BAY; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CAPE PENINSULA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

ANIMALS; BAYS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924040244     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.047     Document Type: Article

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