Evaluation of zoobenthic assemblages and recovery following petroleum spill in a coastal area of Río de la Plata estuarine system, South America

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-89

  Ocon, C S ^a,b   Capítulo, A Rodrigues ^a,b   Paggi, A C ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biotic indices; Petroleum spill; R o de la Plata estuary; South America; Zoobenthic macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LANTHANUM; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

AND RECOVERY; ARGENTINA; BIOTIC INDICES; COASTAL AREAS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; OIL FILMS; PETROLEUM SPILL; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTED SITES; QUALITY VALUES; SAMPLING STATIONS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SENSITIVE SPECIES; SOUTH AMERICA; TOLERANT SPECIES; ZOOBENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES;

FOSSIL FUELS;

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; OIL SPILL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOLERANCE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESTUARY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SURFACE CHARGE; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CRUSTACEA; DISASTERS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA; PETROLEUM; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARGENTINA; RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 50449107796     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.035     Document Type: Article

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