Assessing heavy metal contamination in Sado Estuary sediment: An index analysis approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-169

  Caeiro, S ^a   Costa, M H ^b   Ramos, T B ^c   Fernandes, F ^b   Silveira, N ^d   Coimbra, A ^d   Medeiros, G ^d   Painho, M ^e  

^a Portuguese Distance Learning University   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d Laboratory of Chemical   (Portugal)

^e NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuarine management; Heavy metal assessment; Indicators and indices; Pollution; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ESTUARINE MANAGEMENT; HEAVY METAL ASSESSMENT; INDICATORS AND INDICES; MARINE SEDIMENT POLLUTION INDEX (MSPI);

HEAVY METALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18544374700     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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