Integrated assessment of mangrove sediments in the Camamu Bay (Bahia, Brazil)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-415

  Paixão, Joana F ^a,b   De Oliveira, Olívia M C ^b   Dominguez, José M L ^b   Almeida, Edna dos Santos ^c   Correia Carvalho, Gilson ^b   Magalhães, Wagner F ^b  

^a Instituto Federal de Educacao   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Servico Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; Camamu Bay; Embryo larval oyster development; Mangroves; Porewater toxicity test; Sedimentary chemistry; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BARIUM SULFATE; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MANGROVE; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TOXICITY TEST; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MACROFAUNA; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; OYSTER; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CRASSOSTREA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; CAMAMU BAY;

CRASSOSTREA RHIZOPHORAE; OSTREIDAE; POLYCHAETA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79951941476     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.10.038     Document Type: Article

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