Heavy metal concentration trends in the Thames estuary

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1672-1680

  Power, M ^a   Attrill, M J ^b   Thomas, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Heavy metals; Recovery; Temporal trends; Thames

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; DROUGHT; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); NICKEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ESTUARIES;

CADMIUM; COPPER; GASOLINE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; RAIN; RIVER WATER; ZINC;

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033067055     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00394-7     Document Type: Article

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