An assessment of metal contamination in mangrove sediments and leaves from Punta Mala Bay, Pacific Panama

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 547-552

  Defew, Lindsey H ^a,c   Mair, James M ^a   Guzman, Hector M ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal pollution; Heavy metals; Laguncularia racemosa; Mangrove; Panama; Sediment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE;

MANGROVE FORESTS; METAL CONTAMINATION; URBANIZATION;

CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL WATER; HEAVY METAL; MANGROVE; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; MANGROVE; PANAMA; POLLUTION; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SEWAGE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMBRETACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

COASTS; FORESTS; MANGROVE; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA;

EID: 19344369095     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.11.047     Document Type: Article

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