Heavy metals in the vicinity of a chlor-alkali factory in the upper Negro River ecosystem, Northern Patagonia, Argentina

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 301, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 187-203

  Arribere M A ^a,b   Ribeiro Guevara, S ^a   Sanchez R S ^a   Gil, M I ^e   Roman Ross G ^c   Daurade, L E ^e   Fajon, V ^d   Horvat, M ^d   Alcalde, R ^e   Kestelman, A J ^a,b  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO BALSEIRO   (Argentina)

^c Departamento Provincial de Aguas   (Argentina)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Chlor alkali plant; Heavy metal survey; Mercury contamination; NAA

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; EVAPORATION; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; RIVERS;

DECANTATION POOLS;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; URANIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; EFFLUENT; EVAPORATION; FISH; FRUIT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARGENTINA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MICROLEPIDOTUS; MYRIOPHYLLUM; ODONTESTHES; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS;

EID: 2242462213     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00301-7     Document Type: Article

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