Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a large South American industrial coastal area (Santos Estuary, Southeastern Brazil): Sources and depositional history

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5-12, 2011, Pages 452-458

  Martins, César C ^a,b   Bícego, Márcia C ^b   Mahiques, Michel M ^b   Figueira, Rubens C L ^b   Tessler, Moyses G ^b   Montone, Rosalinda C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Oil combustion; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Santos Estuary; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; COASTAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MULTIPLE SOURCE; OIL COMBUSTION; OIL CRISIS; SANTOS ESTUARY; SEDIMENT CORE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; URBAN POPULATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; COAL COMBUSTION; COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; INDUSTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE INCINERATION;

EFFLUENTS;

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DEGRADATION; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MANGROVE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; SEDIMENT CORE; SEWAGE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; COMBUSTION; ESTUARY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; SANTOS ESTUARY; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79960382093     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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