Physico-chemical characteristics and pollutants of the benthic environment in the Montevideo coastal zone, Uruguay

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 962-968

  Muniz, P ^a,b   Venturini, N ^a,b   Martinez A ^a  

^a Institute Cle fi'Sica   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic environment; Estuary; Pollutants; R o de la Plata; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTION WORK; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; SAMPLING; SEWAGE; STREAM (RIVER); TUBE; URUGUAY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0036708738     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00111-X     Document Type: Review

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