Benthic foraminifera as bio-indicators of trace element pollution in the heavily contaminated Santa Gilla lagoon (Cagliari, Italy)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 858-877

  Frontalini, Fabrizio ^a   Buosi, Carla ^b   Da Pelo, Stefania ^b   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^a   Cherchi, Antonietta ^b   Bucci, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; ESEM EDS; Foraminiferal test; Nanoparticles; Santa Gilla lagoon (Sardinia); Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIO-INDICATORS; DOMESTIC EFFLUENTS; ESEM-EDS; FORAMINIFERAL TEST; HIGH LOAD; INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; SAMPLING SITE; SANTA GILLA LAGOON (SARDINIA); SARDINIA; SEDIMENT FRACTION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHROMIUM; EFFLUENTS; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); NANOPARTICLES; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOINDICATOR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; FORAMINIFER; ITALY; LAGOON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; OCEANS AND SEAS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CAGLIARI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SANTA GILLA LAGOON; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 67349137558     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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