Sources and distribution of aliphatic and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in coastal sediments from the Ushuaia Bay (Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-31

  Commendatore, Marta G ^a   Nievas, Marina L ^a   Amin, Oscar ^b   Esteves, José L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aliphatic diagnostic indices; Beagle Channel; Hydrocarbon sources; PAH ratios; Ushuaia Bay

Indexed keywords

BEAGLE CHANNEL; DIAGNOSTIC INDICES; HYDROCARBON SOURCES; PAH RATIOS; USHUAIA BAY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODEGRADATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ISOPRENOID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PRISTANE; PRISTANE ISOPRENOID; PYROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MARINE POLLUTION; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; BAYS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARGENTINA; BEAGLE CHANNEL; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA]; USHUAIA BAY;

EID: 84855920792     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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