Chromium geochemistry and bioaccumulation in sediments from the lower Hackensack River, New Jersey

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-350

  Martello, L ^a   Fuchsman, P ^a   Sorensen, M ^a   Magar, V ^a   Wenning, R J ^a  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHROMIUM; FERROUS ION; MANGANESE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYCHAETE; POREWATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHROMIUM; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHAETA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HACKENSACK RIVER; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MACOMA NASUTA; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34249790240     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0164-6     Document Type: Article

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