Three digestion methods to determine concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, Ni, Pb, Cr, Mn, and Fe in mangrove sediments from Sai Keng, Chek Keng, and Sha Tau Kok, Hong Kong

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 708-716

  Tam, N F Y ^a   Yao, M W Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ECOSYSTEM; HONG KONG; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRON; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MANGANESE; METALS, HEAVY; MICROWAVES; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 0033001448     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900931     Document Type: Article

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