Accumulation, contamination, and seasonal variability of trace metals in the coastal zone - Patterns in a seagrass meadow from the Mediterranean

Marine Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 401-410

  Schlacher Hoenlinger, M A ^a,b   Schlacher, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; POLLUTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEASONALITY; TRACE METAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, GULF OF NAPLES;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0031828181     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050333     Document Type: Article

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