Metal levels in sediments from the Minho estuary salt marsh: A metal clean area?

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 191-205

  Reis, Pedro A ^a   Antunes, José C ^a,b   Almeida, C Marisa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Aquamuseu Do Rio Minho   (Portugal)

Author keywords

008 49 31W; 41 52 42N; Coura; Ecological quality; Metal; Minho; Portugal; Salt marshes; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL FORMS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL SAFETY; METAL LEVELS; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; PORTUGAL; REFERENCE SITES; REFERENCE VALUES; SALT MARSHES; SAMPLING SITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MARINE POLLUTION; METAL CLEANING; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY TESTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WETLANDS; ZINC;

METALS;

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; POLLUTION; PORTUGAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SALT MARSH; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; PORTUGAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MINHO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70450255437     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0622-x     Document Type: Article

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