Water quality of the Madang Lagoon, Papua New Guinea: A status report

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 458-465

  Benet Monico, Ariadna ^a   Cornell, Sarah ^b   Chatterton, Paul ^a   Wilson, Lisette ^a  

^a WWF   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LEAD; MERCURY; PHOSPHORUS;

LAGOON; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONDUCTANCE; LAGOON; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PH; SALINITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

MADANG; MADANG LAGOON; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 33646484661     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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