Bioaccumulation

Handbook of Ecotoxicology

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2009, Pages 378-396

  Phillips, D J H ^a  

^a Howard Court   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation measuring methods; Biotransformation of accumulated contaminants; Evolutionary strategies and trace metal uptake by organisms; OECD protocols; Terrestrial and aquatic organisms and trace contaminant bioaccumulation; Terrestrial biota and metal take up from ambient medium; Test duration and bioconcentration factor; Trace environmental contaminant bioaccumulation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOCHEMISTRY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; IMPURITIES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AMBIENT MEDIUM; BIO-CONCENTRATION FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; MEASURING METHOD; TRACE CONTAMINANTS; TRACE METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION;

EID: 84953297978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444313512.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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