Metal pollution in coastal areas of Mexico

FS Villanueva, AV Botello - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and …, 1998 - Springer
Metals are natural constituents of rocks, soils, sediments, and water. However, great
changes have occurred regarding the global assessment of critical chemical substances …

Environmental lead in Mexico, 1990–2002

J Flores, LA Albert - Reviews of environmental contamination and …, 2004 - Springer
After the review article “Environmental lead in Mexico”(Albert and Badillo 1991) appeared,
the results of several new research studies on this subject became available, including …

Trace metal concentrations in relation to season and gonadal maturation in the oyster Crassostrea iridescens

F Páez-Osuna, MG Frías-Espericueta… - Marine environmental …, 1995 - Elsevier
The gonadal development and the concentrations of six trace metals (Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and
Zn) associated with the gonadal and somatic (nogonadal) tissue throughout the reproductive …

Biomonitoring of trace metal contamination in the Potengi estuary, Natal (Brazil), using the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae, a local food source

CAR Silva, PS Rainbow, BD Smith, ZL Santos - Water Research, 2001 - Elsevier
The oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae was collected in September 1997 from 10 stations
along the Potengi estuary, Natal, Brazil, a mangrove-lined estuary receiving anthropogenic …

Bioavailability of cadmium, copper, mercury, lead, and zinc in subtropical coastal lagoons from the southeast Gulf of California using mangrove oysters (Crassostrea …

F Páez-Osuna, CC Osuna-Martínez - Archives of Environmental …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) were assessed
in the edible tissues of Crassrotrea corteziensis oysters collected during the rainy and dry …

Heavy metal levels in marine mollusks from areas with, or without, mining activities along the Gulf of California, Mexico

L Cadena-Cárdenas, L Méndez-Rodríguez… - Archives of …, 2009 - Springer
To assess the safety for human consumption of commercially important bivalves harvested
from areas with or without mining activities, we compared the levels of heavy metals in …

Occurrence and seasonal variation of heavy metals in the oyster Saccostrea iridescens

F Páez-Osuna, C Marmolejo-Rivas - Bulletin of Environmental …, 1990 - osti.gov
The oyster Saccrostrea iridescens is a marine species which is geographically distributed
from the Gulf of California to the North of Peru. In Mexico and particularly in The Pacific …

Heavy metals in clams from Guaymas Bay, Mexico.

L Méndez, LM Salas-Flores… - Bulletin of …, 2002 - search.ebscohost.com
This article focuses on a study that was conducted to evaluate the grade of contamination of
heavy metals in the Bay of Guaymas to know if these clams beds are suitable for human …

Niveles de metales pesados en especies marinas: ostión (Crassostrea virginica), jaiba (Callinectes sapidus) y camarón (Litopenaeus setiferus), de Ciudad del …

CA Aguilar-Ucán - Revista latinoamericana de recursos …, 2014 - revista.itson.edu.mx
Se analizaron los niveles de metales pesados cadmio (Cd), fierro (Fe), Cobre (Cu), plomo
(Pb) y zinc,(Zn) en tres especies marinas (Ostión: Crassotrea virginica, Jaiba: Callinectes …

Hidrología y condiciones ambientales que determinan la proliferación de dinoflagelados causantes de marea roja en la Bahía de Mazatlán, Sin., México

R Alonso Rodríguez - 2004 - dspace.cibnor.mx
El presente estudio se llevó a cabo con el propósito de conocer algunas de las condiciones
hidrológicas y ambientales presentes durante la formación, el desarrollo y la terminación de …