Pollution in intertidal sediments of San Simón Bay (Inner Ria de Vigo, NW of Spain): Total heavy metal concentrations and speciation

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-503

  Alvarez Iglesias P ^a   Rubio, B ^a   Vilas, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination indexes; Diagenetic processes; Intertidal sediments; Metal speciation; Principal component analysis; San Sim n Bay

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DIAGENESIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MINERALOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SAMPLE; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0037387791     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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