Heavy metals in the rock oyster Crassostrea iridescens (Filibranchia: Ostreidae) from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Two populations of Crassostrea iridescens were sampled off Mazatlan and in a zone free of anthropogenic activity. The bivalves were collected from February 1992 to February 1993. Concentrations of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Annual...
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Language: | English |
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Vicerractoría Investigación
1999-12-01
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Series: | Revista de Biología Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77441999000400021 |