Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and trace metals in sediments from a coastal lagoon (Northern Adriatic, Italy)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-98

  Guerra, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mercury; Northern adriatic; PAHs; PCBs; Sediment; TEQs

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENIC PAHS; CHANNEL HABITAT; COASTAL LAGOONS; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; IN-CHANNELS; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; METAL LEVELS; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; PAHS; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCB CONGENERS; PCBS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SPATIAL TRENDS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TEQS; TOTAL TOXICITY EQUIVALENTS; TRACE METAL; WETLAND HABITATS; WETLAND SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRACE METAL;

CARCINOGEN; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PAH; PCB; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINATION; COASTAL WATERS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; ITALY; LAGOON; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; PIALASSA BAIONA; RAVENNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA];

EID: 84856513398     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0841-6     Document Type: Article

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