Metal accumulation in intertidal marshes: Role of sulphide precipitation

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 735-746

  Du Laing, Gijs ^a   De Meyer, Benjamin ^a   Meers, Erik ^a   Lesage, Els ^a   Van De Moortel, Annelies ^a   Tack, Filip M G ^a   Verloo, Marc G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Chromium; Copper; Flooding; Inundation; Lead; Nickel; Oxidation; Phragmites australis; Redox; Reduction; Sulfide; Trace element; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GROWING SEASON; HEAVY METAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LITTER; MARSH; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; REEDBED; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFIDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

WESTERSCHELDE;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 51449118292     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-103.1     Document Type: Article

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