Sediment disturbance off the Tagus Estuary, Western Portugal: Chronic contamination, sewage outfall operation and runoff events

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 154-162

  Silva, Susana ^a   Ré, Ana ^a   Pestana, Pilar ^b   Rodrigues, Ana ^a   Quintino, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO HIDROGRÁFICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Sediment contamination; Sediment Quality Triad; Sediment toxicity; Tagus Estuary

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; SEDIMENT QUALITY TRIAD APPROACHES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

BENTHOS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PORTUGAL; RAIN; SEWAGE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 3042782812     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.02.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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