A literature review on trace metals and organic compounds of anthropogenic origin in the Wider Caribbean Region

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1681-1691

  Fernandez, Adolfo ^a   Singh, Asha ^a   Jaffé, Rudolf ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Marine; Organic pollutants; Pollution; Wider Caribbean Region

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DATA REPORTING PRESENTATION; WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HEAVY METAL; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE POLLUTION; METABOLITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CENTRAL AMERICAN CARIBBEAN REGION; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; DRY WEIGHT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEXICO; PANAMA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SOUTH AMERICAN CARIBBEAN REGION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA; WET WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 36049007538     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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