Redox status and heavy metal risk in intertidal sediments in NW Spain as inferred from the degrees of pyritization of iron and trace elements

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 542-551

  Alvarez Iglesias P ^a   Rubio, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; DTMP; Mariculture; Pyrite; Suboxic marine sediments; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; DTMP; MARICULTURE; SUBOXIC MARINE SEDIMENTS; TRACE METALS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE ENGINEERING; METALS; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYRITES; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TOXICITY; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE; SILICATE; SULFIDE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIAGENESIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEAVY METAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARICULTURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHELLFISH CULTURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; GRAIN; HEAVY METAL POISONING; METAL BINDING; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; SULFIDE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPAIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; RIA DE VIGO; RIAS BAJAS; SAN SIMON BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 63549113893     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.11.026     Document Type: Article

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