Assessment of recent sediment influence in an urban polluted subantarctic coastal ecosystem. Beagle Channel (Southern Argentina)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-207

  Gil, M N ^a   Torres, A I ^a   Amin, O ^b   Esteves, J L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beagle Channel; Biochemical components; Eutrophication; Sediment and water quality; Sediment water exchanges

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONOUS SOURCES; ARGENTINA; BEAGLE CHANNEL; BENTHIC FLUXES; BIOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS; CARBON EQUIVALENT; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IN-SITU; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PHYTOPIGMENTS; QUALITY ZONES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBOHYDRATES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; IONIC CONDUCTION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER; SILICATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; EUTROPHICATION; PROTEIN; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; URBAN POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; POROSITY; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; ARGENTINA; CARBON; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; POROSITY; SILICATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ARGENTINA; BEAGLE CHANNEL;

EID: 78751650654     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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