Long-term records of trace metal content of western Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows: Natural and anthropogenic contributions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Tovar Sánchez, Antonio ^a   Serón, Juan ^a   Marbà, Núria ^a   Arrieta, Jesús M ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

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POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84856573162     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001076     Document Type: Article

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