Heavy metal distribution and accumulation in two Spartina sp.-dominated macrotidal salt marshes from the Seine estuary (France) and the Medway estuary (UK)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1195-1208

  Cundy, A B ^a   Hopkinson, L ^b   Lafite, R ^c   Spencer, K ^d   Taylor, J A ^a   Ouddane, B ^e   Heppell, C M ^d   Carey, P J ^f   Charman, R ^a   Shell, D ^a   Ullyott, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPURITIES; METAL ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

HEAVY METALS;

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; KENT; MEDWAY ESTUARY; SEINE ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

SPARTINA;

EID: 21144447003     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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