Spatial and seasonal variations of the macrobenthic community and metal contamination in the Douro estuary (Portugal)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 531-550

  Mucha, Ana P ^a   Vasconcelos, M Teresa S D ^a   Bordalo, Adriano A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Douro estuary; Macrobenthic community; Sediment contamination; SEM:AVS; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTRACTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALS;

ACID-VOLATILE SULPHIDES (AVS); GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL COMPLEX; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFIDE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HEAVY METAL; MACROBENTHOS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; GRAIN; PORTUGAL; SAMPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

DOURO ESTUARY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22044450634     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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