Chemical speciation of dissolved Cu, Ni, and Co in a contaminated estuary in southwest Spain and its influence on plankton communities

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4214-4220

  Braungardt, Charlotte B ^a   Achterberg, Eric P ^b   Gledhill, Martha ^b   Nimmo, Malcolm ^a   Elbaz Poulichet, Francoise ^c   Cruzado, Antonio ^d   Velasquez, Zoila ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; LIGANDS; TISSUE;

COMPLEXING LIGANDS; STABILITY CONSTANTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

COBALT; COPPER; NICKEL;

BIOMASS; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; LIGANDS; TISSUE; WATER POLLUTION;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; COBALT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; MACROPHYTE; MINING; NICKEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BLINDINGIA MARGINATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGAE, GREEN; COBALT; COPPER; LIGANDS; NICKEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANDALUCIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF CADIZ; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; ODIEL RIVER; RIO TINTO [(RVR) HUELVA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34250893822     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es063042h     Document Type: Article

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