Seasonal and spatial distribution of metals in surface sediment of an urban estuary

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-319

  Buggy, Conor J ^a   Tobin, John M ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Estuary; Metals; Polarography; Seasonality; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; ESTUARIES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

AQUATIC POLLUTION; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY (DPP); IRELAND; MARINE LIFE; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL DISTRIBUTIONS; METAL LOADINGS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEASONAL TRENDS; SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTER (SOM); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPATIAL TRENDS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TOXIC EFFECTS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WINTER MONTHS;

METALS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CITIES; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRELAND; LEAD; METALS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

COUNTY DUBLIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; TOLKA ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48349127903     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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