Metals in estuarine species of a minimally impacted Bay in Texas

• Main Authors: Sager DR, Pitts DE, Carrier R, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry PU
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Arsenic; Assessments; ASW,Mexico Gulf; ASW,USA,Texas,Galveston Bay; Cadmium; Callinectes; Callinectes sapidus; Copper; Crassostrea; Cynoscion nebulosus; Environmental assessment; Environmental impact; estuarine organisms; Galveston Bay; habitat; habitats; Heavy metals; Lead; Mercury; Metals; Nickel; Pollutants; Q5 01503 Characteristics,behavior and fate; Risk; Risk assessment; Sciaenops ocellatus; Sediment; Sediments; Selenium; Texas; Toxicology; USA; water; Water quality; Zinc; Christmas Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23038

-Ecological Christmas Bay, of the Galveston Bay system, has no point source discharges and minimal non-point contaminant sources. Due to its excellent water quality and habitats, this site was used to obtain baseline or control data for environmental assessments of the Gulf of Mexico coast. A review...