Heavy metals in organisms and sediments from the discharge zone of the submarine sewage outfall of Havana City, Cuba [1]

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1048-1051

  Gonzalez, Humberto ^a   Pomares, Mario ^b   Ramirez, Marta ^a   Torres, Ibis ^a  

^a Ctro Ing Y Manejo Ambiental B   (Cuba)

^b Universidad de La   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE OUTFALL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SEA URCHIN; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SHRIMP;

CUBA; HAVANA CITY;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0032735137     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00182-4     Document Type: Article

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