Heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in the surface sediments of mangrove swamps from coastal sites along the Leizhou Peninsula, South China

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-53

  Tang, Yijie ^a,c   Fang, Zhanqiang ^b   Yu, Shixiao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (China)

Author keywords

DDTs; HCHs; Heavy metals; Mangrove swamps; PAHs; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DDT; HCH; HEAVY METAL; MANGROVE; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; LEIZHOU PENINSULA;

EID: 42149123439     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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