Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in marine organisms and sediments from Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 366-371

  Trevizani, Tailisi Hoppe ^a   Figueira, Rubens Cesar Lopes ^a   Ribeiro, Andreza Portella ^b   Theophilo, Carolina Yume Sawamura ^a   Majer, Alessandra Pereira ^c,d   Petti, Monica Angélica Varella ^a   Corbisier, Thais Navajas ^a   Montone, Rosalinda Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^c Estácio Europan   (Brazil)

^d Universitary Center Estácio Uniradial   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodisponibility; Mercury; Metals; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MARINE BIOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

ACCIDENT CONDITIONS; ADMIRALTY BAY , KING GEORGE ISLAND , ANTARCTICA; ANTARCTIC STATIONS; BIODISPONIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; HEAVY METAL LEVELS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BAY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYSIS; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; MARTEL INLET; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BAYS; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; ISLANDS; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84971654913     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.056     Document Type: Article

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