Seasonality of contamination, toxicity, and quality values in sediments from littoral ecosystems in the Gulf of Cádiz (SW Spain)

Chemosphere

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1033-1043

  DelValls, T Angel ^a   Forja, Jesús M ^a   Gómez Parra, Abelardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Gulf of C diz; Marine pollution; Multivariate analysis; Sediment quality values

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

QUALITY VALUES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; NICKEL; SURFACTANT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CLAM; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; WINTER;

GULF OF CADIZ; SPAIN;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; GRYLLOTALPA; MICRODEUTOPUS; MICRODEUTOPUS GRYLLOTALPA; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 0036173290     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(01)00176-X     Document Type: Article

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