Trace elements and organic matter in a pristine environment: Bathurst Harbour, Southwestern Tasmania

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 137-151

  Mackey, Denis J ^a   Butler, Edward C V ^a   Carpenter, Peter D ^b,c   Higgins, Harry W ^a   O'Sullivan, Jeanette E ^a   Plaschke, Ronald B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper complexing capacity; Estuary; Humics; Pristine; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ESTUARY; ORGANIC MATTER; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, BATHURST HARBOUR;

EID: 0030592597     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05255-2     Document Type: Article

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