Natural and anthropogenic heavy metals in estuarine cohesive sediments: Geochemistry and bioavailability

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 285-293

  Grecco, Laura Edith ^a,b   Gómez, Eduardo Alberto ^c,d   Botté, Sandra Elizabeth ^b,c   Marcos, Ángel Omar ^b   Marcovecchio, Jorge Eduardo ^c,d   Cuadrado, Diana Graciela ^b,c  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Estuarine pollution; Grain size distribution; Injection dredging; Pollutant bioavailability; Sediment mineralogy; Sewage outfalls

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOHAZARDS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; MARINE POLLUTION; MINERALS; OIL WELL FLOODING; OUTFALLS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WATER INJECTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; POLLUTANT BIOAVAILABILITY; SEWAGE OUTFALL;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DREDGING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL; MINERALOGY; NATURAL RESOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

EID: 79955806829     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0354-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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