Assesment of trace elements and organic pollutants from a marine oil complex into the coral reef system of Cayo Arcas, Mexico

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 121, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 127-149

  Cram, Silke ^a   Ponce De León, Claudia A ^a   Fernández, Pilar ^a   Sommer, Irene ^a   Rivas, Hilda ^a   Morales, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Coral reef; Oil pollution; Southeast Gulf of Mexico; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OIL SPILLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REEFS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BALLAST WATER; CORAL REEF SYSTEM; MARINE OIL COMPLEX; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALUMINUM; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BARIUM; BENZO(A)ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[B]FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[K]FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; COPPER; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NICKEL; OIL POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEXICO; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEXICO; NICKEL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMPECHE BANK; CAYOS ARCAS; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33750370839     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9111-7     Document Type: Article

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