Sterols as markers of sewage contamination in a tropical urban estuary (Guanabara Bay, Brazil): Space-time variations

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 587-598

  Carreira, Renato S ^a   Wagener, Angela L R ^b   Readman, James W ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coprostanol; faecal pollution; Guanabara Bay; molecular marker; sediments

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIOMARKER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; STEROL; WATER POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3242727780     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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