Oil spill in the Río de la Plata estuary, Argentina: 1. Biogeochemical assessment of waters, sediments, soils and biota

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-289

  Colombo, J C ^a,b   Barreda, A ^a   Bilos, C ^a   Cappelletti, N ^a,b   Demichelis, S ^a   Lombardi, P ^a,b   Migoya, M C ^a   Skorupka, C ^a   Suarez G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Hydrocarbon; Oil spill; R o de la Plata

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOTA; COASTAL WATERS; OIL TRAPS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

OIL BOOMS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; HYDROCARBON; ISOPRENOID; ALKANE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; TERPENE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAM; COASTAL WATERS; ESTUARY; MACROPHYTE; OIL SPILL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WIND; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CYPERACEAE; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; METHYLATION; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVIA; CYPERACEAE; DISASTERS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; METHYLATION; PETROLEUM; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TERPENES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 10044248761     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.02.032     Document Type: Article

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