Speciation of heavy metals in recent sediments of three coastal ecosystems in the gulf of Cádiz, Southwest Iberian Peninsula

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2833-2839

  Sáenz, Veronica ^a   Blasco, Julián ^a   Gomez Parra, Abelardo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Salt marshes; Sediment; Speciation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; HEAVY METALS; MINING;

SALT MARSHES;

SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

HEAVY METAL; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; MINING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 0344874608     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-448     Document Type: Article

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