Effect of salinity on heavy metal mobility and availability in intertidal sediments of the Scheldt estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 589-602

  Du Laing, G ^a   De Vos, R ^a   Vandecasteele, B ^b   Lesage, E ^a   Tack, F M G ^a   Verloo, M G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cadmium; intertidal environment; metals; salts; tidal flats; wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BRACKISH WATER; CADMIUM; COASTAL WETLAND; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POREWATER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STANDARD (REGULATION); SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; TIDAL FLAT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 41549106619     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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