Organic and inorganic human-induced contamination of Posidonia oceanica meadows

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 999-1002

  Pergent, Gérard ^a   Labbe, Céline ^a   Lafabrie, Céline ^a,b   Kantin, Roger ^b   Pergent Martini, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Contamination; Mediterranean; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASSES; TRACE METALS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL ZONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEADOW; PAH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEAGRASS; TRACE METAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79955601378     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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