Utilization of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica to evaluate the spatial dispersion of metal contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2440-2446

  Lafabrie, C ^a   Pergent, G ^a   Pergent Martini, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b RAC   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant; Bio indicator; Environmental pollution; Gradient of contamination; Monitoring; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIO-INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GRADIENT OF CONTAMINATION; MONITORING;

AQUACULTURE; ASBESTOS MINES; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHROMIUM; COBALT; CONTAMINATION; LEAD ALLOYS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY DEPOSITS; METALS; MINES; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSITION METALS;

LEAD;

BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE POLLUTION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALISMATIDAE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; NICKEL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 60349132213     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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