Recovery simulations of grossly polluted sediments in the Bilbao Estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-48

  González Oreja, José Antonio ^a   Saiz Salinas, José Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilbao estuary; Bivalves Scrobicularia plana; Pollution; Recovery; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

NORMOXIC CONDITIONS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

COPROSTEROL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FAUNA; NONHUMAN; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIVALVIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTION;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 0346665570     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00137-6     Document Type: Article

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