Posidpnia oceanica as a historical monitor device of lead concentration in marine environment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3006-3012

  Tranchina, L ^a   Micciche S ^a,b   Bartolotta, A ^a   Brai, M ^a,b   Mantegna, R N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; LEAD; MARINE APPLICATIONS; RELIABILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

LEAD EMISSION; LEPIDOCHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHIZOMES;

OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS;

LEAD; SEA WATER;

LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; MONITORING SYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; ITALY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; WATER POLLUTION; ALISMATIDAE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

ALISMATIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; ITALY; LEAD; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 18344372993     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048870u     Document Type: Article

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