Effects of mining wastes on a seagrass ecosystem: Metal accumulation and bioavailability, seagrass dynamics and associated community structure

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-337

  Marín Guirao, Lázaro ^a   Atucha, Arnaldo Marín ^a   Barba, Javier Lloret ^a   López, Emma Martínez ^a   García Fernández, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Bioconcentration factor; Biofilm; Coastal lagoon; Cymodocea nodosa; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOAVAILABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

CADMIUM; LEAD; SULFIDE; VOLATILE AGENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOFILM; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HEAVY METAL; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; RHIZOME; SEA POLLUTION; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHIZOME; SPAIN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA;

EID: 14844366703     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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