Impact of atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic and natural trace metals on Northwestern Mediterranean surface waters: A box model assessment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1629-1634

  Heimbürger, Lars Eric ^a,b,c,d   Migon, Christophe ^a,b   Cossa, Daniel ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Box model; Environmental antipollution policies; Impact evaluation; Northwestern Mediterranean; Trace metal pollution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BOX MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ANTIPOLLUTION POLICIES; IMPACT EVALUATION; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; TRACE METAL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERICS; DEPOSITION; METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEAWATER; SORPTION; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; SURFACE WATER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION POLICY; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAWATER; SORPTION; TRACE METAL;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 79955107721     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.046     Document Type: Article

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