A review on studies of mercury contamination in the coastal lagoon «Ria de Aveiro», Portugal

Houille Blanche

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Duarte, Armando ^a   Rodriques, Sónia ^a   Pato, Pedro ^a   Coelho, Pedro ^a   Pereira, Ma Eduarda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL LAGOON; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34848900405     PISSN: 00186368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/lhb:2007075     Document Type: Review

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