Land inputs, behaviour and contamination levels of copper in a ria estuary (NW Spain)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-422

  Cobelo García, Antonio ^a   Prego, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Budget; Contamination; Copper; Estuary; Inputs; NW Spain; Pontevedra; Ria; Sediments; Water

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COPPER; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL WATERS;

ESTUARIES;

COPPER; FRESH WATER;

COPPER; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; UPWELLING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GALICIA; LEREZ ESTUARY; SPAIN;

EID: 0038637887     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(03)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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