The effects of petroleum hydrocarbon and heavy metal contamination of marine sediments on recruitment of Antarctic soft-sediment assemblages: A field experimental investigation

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 21-50

  Stark, Jonathan S ^a   Snape, Ian ^a   Riddle, Martin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Heavy metals; Hydrocarbons; Macrobenthos; Recruitment; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; MARINE SEDIMENT; RECRUITMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; ISOPODA; OSTRACODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0037439016     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00449-5     Document Type: Article

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