Florida seagrass habitat evaluation: A comparative survey for chemical quality

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 206-218

  Lewis, Michael A ^a   Dantin, Darrin D ^a   Chancy, Cynthia A ^a   Abel, Kathryn C ^b   Lewis, Christopher G ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Organic chemicals; Seagrass; Sediment; Trace metals; Water

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

FLORIDA; TRACE METALS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ARSENIC; CHLORDANE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SURFACE WATER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; PCB; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; TRACE METAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GRASS; HABITAT; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHLORDAN; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLORIDA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POACEAE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HALODULE WRIGHTII; THALASSIA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 33846481202     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.04.041     Document Type: Article

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