Contaminant release from sediments in a coastal wetland

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 909-918

  Lau, S S S ^a,b   Chu, L M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Amphipods; Coastal wetland; Contaminant bioavailability; Microtox test; Pore water; Sediment water interface; The Mai Po marshes; Toxicity assay

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COPPER; ECOSYSTEMS; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

COASTAL WETLANDS; CONTAMINANT BIOAVAILABILITY;

WETLANDS;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONG KONG; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0033104535     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00286-3     Document Type: Article

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