Spatial and vertical distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mangrove sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 340, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 177-187

  Ke, L ^a,b   Yu, K S H ^a   Wong, Y S ^a   Tam, N F Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical contamination; Mangrove swamp; PAH profile; Variation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; OIL SPILLS; POROSITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

MANGROVE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; HONG KONG; MANGROVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SHIP; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWAMP; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE WATER;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SHIPS; VERBENACEAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 14844312006     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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