Heavy metal speciation of estuarine sediments affected by acid mine drainage in the Tinto and Odiel estuary, Spain. Relationship to bioconcentration of fish tissues

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 10 B, 2008, Pages 1744-1754

  Vicente Martorell, Juan José ^a   Galindo Riaño, María Dolores ^a   García Vargas, Manuel ^a   Granado Castro, Ma Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Fish; R a of Huelva; Sediment; Speciation; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARY; EXTRACTION; FISH; HEALTH RISK; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TRACE METAL;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; ODIEL ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TINTO ESTUARY;

PISCES; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 57649129458     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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