Contaminants in the coastal karst aquifer system along the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 991-997

  Metcalfe, Chris D ^a   Beddows, Patricia A ^b   Bouchot, Gerardo Gold ^c   Metcalfe, Tracy L ^a   Li, Hongxia ^a   Van Lavieren, Hanneke ^d  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^d UN University Institute for Water Environment and Health (UNU INWEH)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coastal aquifers; Herbicide; Karst; Meso American Barrier Reef System; Passive sampling; Pharmaceuticals; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN; COASTAL AQUIFERS; KARST; MESO-AMERICAN BARRIER REEF SYSTEM; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PHARMACEUTICALS; YUCATAN;

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; REEFS; SEWAGE; WEED CONTROL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HERBICIDE; KARST; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; RUNOFF; TOURISM;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEXICO; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MEXICO; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA; CARIBBEAN COAST [MEXICO]; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79951511938     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.11.031     Document Type: Article

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