Tidal export of particulate mercury from the most contaminated area of Aveiro's Lagoon, Portugal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 157-163

  Pereira, M E ^a   Duarte, A C ^a   Millward, G E ^b   Vale, C ^c   Abreu, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Portugues de Investigacao Maritima   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Lagoon of Aveiro; Mercury; Tidal export

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MERCURY;

LAGOON; MERCURY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TIDAL FLOW;

LAGOON; MERCURY; TIDAL ZONE;

ARTICLE; LAGOON; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

PORTUGAL, AVEIRO'S LAGOON;

EID: 0032503625     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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