Spatial and temporal distributions of nitrogen, phosphorus and heavy metals in the intertidal sediment of the Chang Jiang River Estuary in China

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-115

  Quan, Weimin ^a   Shi, Liyan ^a   Han, Jindi ^a   Ping, Xianyin ^a   Shen, Anglv ^a   Chen, Yaqu ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang River Estuary; Contamination; Heavy metals; Intertidal; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953410701     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13131-010-0013-3     Document Type: Article

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