Anthropogenic organic matter inputs indicated by sedimentary fecal steroids in a large South American tropical estuary (Paranaguá estuarine system, Brazil)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2137-2143

  Martins, César C ^a   Braun, Juliana A F ^b   Seyffert, Bianca H ^b   Machado, Eunice C ^a   Fillmann, Gilberto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coprostanol; Paranagu Bay; Sediments; Sewage

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; COASTAL CITIES; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; COPROSTANOL; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; ORGANIC MATTER; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SEWAGE CONTAMINATION; SOUTH AMERICA; TOURIST ACTIVITIES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ESTUARIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE;

MARINE POLLUTION;

COPROSTEROL; ORGANIC MATTER; STEROID;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ESTUARY; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEWAGE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; RIVERS; SEWAGE; STEROIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BRAZIL; PARANA; PARANAGUA BAY;

EID: 78049238098     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.027     Document Type: Article

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