Measuring and managing changes in estuaries and lagoons: Morphological and eco-toxicological aspects

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 10-12, 2007, Pages 403-406

  Zonta, Roberto ^a   Guerzoni, Stefano ^a   Pérez Ruzafa, Angel ^b   de Jonge, Victor N ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER; ZINC;

ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EDITORIAL; ESTUARY; FISH; LAGOON; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RIVER; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 36549078136     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.09.003     Document Type: Editorial

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