Environmental assessment of aromatic hydrocarbons-contaminated sediments of the Mexican Salina Cruz Bay

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 187-207

  Gonzalez Macias C ^a   Schifter, I ^a   Lluch Cota, D B ^b   Mendez Rodriguez L ^b   Hernandez Vazquez S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bay of Salina Cruz; Enrichment factors; Geoaccumulation; Surface sediments; Total aromatic hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT FACTOR; GEOACCUMULATION; ORGANIC CONTAMINATION; TOTAL AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SEDIMENTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHRYSENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHALLOW WATER; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MEXICO; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MEXICO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; SALINA CRUZ BAY;

EID: 34548752979     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9572-3     Document Type: Article

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