Seasonal and spatial distributions of tributyltin in surface sediment of the Tolka Estuary, Dublin, Ireland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 294-303

  Buggy, Conor J ^a   Tobin, John M ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Estuary; Ireland; Polarography; Seasonal; Sediment; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; IRELAND; SEASONAL; TRIBUTYLIN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; ESTUARIES; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ORGANIC MATTER; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ESTUARY; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY; ESTUARY; IRELAND; SAMPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; WINTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRELAND; RAIN; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COUNTY DUBLIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; TOLKA ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646521534     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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