An assessment of oil pollution in the coastal zone of Patagonia, Argentina

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 814-821

  Commendatore, Marta Graciela ^a   Esteves, José Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Coastal zone; Hydrocarbon sources; Oil pollution; Patagonia; Ports

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREAS; HYDROCARBON SOURCES; MARINE ORGANISMS; OIL POLLUTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; OIL POLLUTION; PORT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; POLLUTION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CABO ARISTIZABAL; CALETA CORDOVA; CALETA OLIVIA; CHUBUT; COMODORO RIVADAVIA; PATAGONIA; SAN JORGE GULF; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CALETA; OLIVIA;

EID: 35648969162     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0221-3     Document Type: Review

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