Impact of a coastal dump in a tropical lagoon on trace metal concentrations in surrounding marine biota: A case study from Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-431

  Denton, G R W ^a   Morrison, R J ^b   Bearden, B G ^c   Houk, P ^c   Starmer, J A ^d   Wood, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c CNMI Division of Environmental Quality   (United States)

^d Cmw of the Northern Mariana Islands   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; SILVER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAGOON; TRACE METAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAGOON; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLANTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEA CUCUMBERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAIPAN;

EID: 61549139766     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.11.029     Document Type: Article

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