Mercury in sediments of the Azores deep sea platform and on sea mounts south of the archipelago - Assessment of background concentrations

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1583-1587

  Palma, C ^a   Lillebo A I ^b   Valenca M ^a   Pereira, E ^b   Abreu, M P ^c   Duarte, A C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO HIDROGRÁFICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c EMEPC ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atlantic region of Azores; Background concentrations; Deep sea sediments; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; LITHIUM; MERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEAMOUNT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZE DRYING; HEALTH HAZARD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; PORTUGAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349980243     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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