Metal contamination of Posidonia oceanica meadows along the Corsican coastline (Mediterranean)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 262-268

  Lafabrie, C ^a   Pergent Martini, C ^a   Pergent, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

Asbestos mine; Corsica; Mediterranean; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS MINES; COASTAL ZONES; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

CORSICA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL;

BIOINDICATOR; COAST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MINE WASTE; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAGRASS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALISMATIDAE; ASBESTOS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; NICKEL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 36549025344     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.047     Document Type: Article

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