Behaviour of dissolved Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in the estuarine zone of the Ferrol Ria (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 753-759

  Cobelo García, Antonio ^a   Prego, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination; Estuarine mixing; Ferrol; NW Iberian Peninsula; Ria; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; MIXING; RIVER DISCHARGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 4644220468     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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