Studies of a contaminated brackish marsh in the Hackensack Meadowlands of northeastern New Jersey: An assessment of natural recovery

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1405-1415

  Weis, Peddrick ^a   Barrett, Kirk R ^b   Proctor, Theodore ^a   Bopp, Richard F ^c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Berry's creek; Mercury; Natural attenuation; Radionuclide dating; Sediment deposition

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

BERRY'S CREEK; MERCURY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RADIONUCLIDE DATING; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION;

HEAVY METALS;

ARSENIC; CESIUM 137; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER;

COASTAL ZONE; HEAVY METAL; MARSH; NATURAL ATTENUATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASS; MARSH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WATER POLLUTION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NEW JERSEY;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744574605     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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