Distribution and temporal changes of lead in the surface seawater in the western Pacific and adjacent seas derived from coral skeletons

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1045-1052

  Inoue, Mayuri ^a   Hata, Akiko ^b   Suzuki, Atsushi ^c   Nohara, Masato ^c   Shikazono, Naotatsu ^b   Yim, Wyss W S ^d   Hantoro, Wahyoe S ^e   Donghuai, Sun ^f   Kawahata, Hodaka ^a,c,g  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^f SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral skeleton; Pb pollution; The western Pacific

Indexed keywords

CORAL SKELETON; PB POLLUTION; WESTERN PACIFIC;

GASOLINE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SEAWATER;

MARINE POLLUTION;

GASOLINE; LEAD; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CORAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; OPEN OCEAN; SEA SURFACE; SEAWATER; SKELETON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DILUTION; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PORITES; SEA POLLUTION; TIME; X RAY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JAPAN; LEAD; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BONIN ISLANDS; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; HONSHU; INDONESIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; JAKARTA; JAPAN; JAVA SEA; KANTO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTHEAST ASIA; TOKYO [KANTO];

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 33748439352     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.11.048     Document Type: Article

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