Long term record of mercury decline in Haifa Bay (Israel) shallow sediments

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 048-053

  Herut, Barak ^a   Homung, Hava ^a   Kress, Nurit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

anthropogenic; contaminantion; Haifa Bay; Mercury; sediments; temporal trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006975460     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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