Arsenic in the Thames Plume, UK

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-67

  Millward, G E ^a   Kitts, H J ^b   Ebdon, L ^a   Allen, J I ^c   Morris, A W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Beacon House   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARY; METHYLATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLUME DISPERSION; SEA POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL CYCLE; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; RIVER PLUMES;

EID: 0031195126     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(96)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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