Metal bioavailability and bioaccumulation in the polychaete Nereis (Alitta) virens (Sars): The effects of site-specific sediment characteristics

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 565-575

  Pini, J M ^a   Richir, J ^a   Watson, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper; Nereis (Alitta) virens; Pore water; Sediment; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; METALS; SEDIMENTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; METAL BIOAVAILABILITY; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NEREIS (ALITTA) VIRENS; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SITE-SPECIFIC; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS;

COPPER;

COPPER; PORE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINC; METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METAL; POLYCHAETE; POREWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY SIZE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NEREIS VIRENS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; POLYCHAETA; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 84930755177     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.03.042     Document Type: Article

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