Chemical and biological assessment of an urban, estuarine marsh in Northeastern New Jersey, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 63-88

  Barrett, Kirk R ^a   McBrien, Margaret A ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Louis Berger Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish marsh; Contaminated sediments; Hackensack Meadowlands; Mercury; PAHs; Phragmites australis; Saltmarsh; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; CHEMICAL ASSESSMENT; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; MERCURY; METAL DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZINC;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARSH; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MAMMAL; MARSH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; MICE; NEW JERSEY; NICKEL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POACEAE; WETLANDS; ZINC;

HACKENSACK; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; ORITANI MARSH; UNITED STATES;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA; ZAPUS HUDSONIUS PALLIDUS;

EID: 33847727821     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9209-6     Document Type: Article

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