Mercury pollution in Ria de Aveiro (Portugal): A review of the system assessment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Pereira, M E ^a   Lillebo A I ^a   Pato, P ^a   Valega M ^a   Coelho, J P ^a   Lopes, C B ^a   Rodrigues, S ^a   Cachada, A ^a   Otero, M ^a   Pardal, M A ^b   Duarte, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic mercury contamination; Coastal management; Environmental assessment; Key environmental processes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY CONTAMINATION; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; MACROPHYTES; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY EXPORT; MERCURY POLLUTION; NEARSHORES; PORTUGAL; REMOBILIZATION; RESEARCH STUDIES; RIA DE AVEIRO; SEA BASS; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ASSESSMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; TOTAL MERCURIES; URBAN SOILS; WATER COLUMNS;

CELL MEMBRANES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH RISKS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTION DETECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; WATER;

COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REMOBILIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAGOON; MACROPHYTE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSSEL; PORTUGAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; PORTUGAL; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SERRANIDAE;

EID: 68149158238     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0416-1     Document Type: Review

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