Sediment-bound heavy metals as indicators of human influence and biological risk in coastal water bodies

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1407-1413

  Birch, Gavin F ^a   Olmos, Marco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuarine health; Heavy metals; Indicators; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DATA ACQUISITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 53849115711     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn139     Document Type: Review

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