Mercury enrichment in sediments of Amba estuary

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-96

  Ram, Anirudh ^a   Rokade, M A ^a   Zingde, M D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Amba estuary; Enrichment factor; Geoaccumulation index; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AMBA ESTUARY; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PATALGANGA RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 69749111326     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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