Benthic foraminifera records of complex anthropogenic environmental changes combined with geochemical data in a tropical bay of New Caledonia (SW Pacific)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 8-12, 2009, Pages 311-322

  Debenay, Jean Pierre ^a   Fernandez, Jean Michel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

Core; Foraminifera; Pollution; Southwest Pacific; Terrigenous tracers

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPIC ACTIVITY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIO-INDICATORS; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; CORE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENERAL TRENDS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; NEW CALEDONIA; OPEN-CAST MINING; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE SAMPLE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMONITORING; DETECTION METHOD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OPENCAST MINING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TRACER; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION;

AMMONIA TEPIDA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CITY PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORAMINIFER; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; NEW CALEDONIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

AMMONIA TEPIDA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 71749103939     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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