The key role played by the Augusta basin (southern Italy) in the mercury contamination of the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1753-1760

  Sprovieri, Mario ^a   Oliveri, Elvira ^a   Di Leonardo, Rossella ^b   Romano, Elena ^c   Ausili, Antonella ^c   Gabellini, Massimo ^c   Barra, Marco ^d   Tranchida, Giorgio ^a   Bellanca, Adriana ^b   Neri, Rodolfo ^b   Budillon, Francesca ^d   Saggiomo, Roberto ^e   Mazzola, Salvatore ^a   Saggiomo, Vincenzo ^f  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Enviroconsult   (Italy)

^f STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERCURY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79959201834     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0em00793e     Document Type: Article

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