Quantification of contaminants

Environmental Assessment of Estuarine Ecosystems: A Case Study

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 31-57

  Amiard, Jean Claude ^a   Bodineau, Laurent ^b   Bragigand, Virginie ^c   Minier, Christophe ^d   Budzinski, Hélène ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Laboratoire Départemental d Hydrologie et d Hygiène   (France)

^d Maison de l'Estuaire   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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