Mercury mobility in a salt marsh colonised by Halimione portulacoides

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1607-1613

  Valega M ^a   Lillebo A I ^a   Cacador I ^b   Pereira, M E ^a   Duarte, A C ^a   Pardal, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Halimione portulacoides; Mercury; Ria de Aveiro; Salt marsh; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES; MERCURY; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; MERCURY MOBILITY; PLANT BIOMASS; RIA DE AVEIRO; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; SEDIMENT LAYERING; SEDIMENTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; WATER;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOACCUMULATION; DETRITUS; ELEMENT MOBILITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINERALIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POREWATER; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHRUB; TURNOVER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RHIZOSPHERE; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMARANTHACEAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; PORTUGAL; WETLANDS;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES;

EID: 47149105614     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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