Metals and nutrients in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel: Contemporary inputs and distributions

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 52-67

  Jonas, P J C ^a   Millward, G E ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bristol Channel; Dissolved; Metals; Nutrients; Particulate; Sediments; Severn Estuary

Indexed keywords

BRISTOL CHANNEL; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; COHERENT MEASUREMENT; DIFFUSE SOURCES; DISSOLVED; DISSOLVED METALS; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SATURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL RELEASE; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENTARY METALS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ESTUARIES; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; NUTRIENTS; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; METAL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ZINC;

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INORGANIC NITROGEN; METAL; NUTRIENT; SALINITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); TURBIDITY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; METALS; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SILICATES; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BRISTOL CHANNEL; SEVERN ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 76849100366     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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