Contamination of port zone sediments by metals from Large Marine Ecosystems of Brazil

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-488

  Buruaem, Lucas M ^a,b   Hortellani, Marcos A ^c   Sarkis, Jorge E ^c   Costa Lotufo, Leticia V ^b   Abessa, Denis M S ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian port zones; Dredging management; Geochemical approach; Large Marine Ecosystems; Metals; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND VALUE; BRAZILIAN PORT ZONES; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DREDGED SEDIMENTS; DREDGING OPERATIONS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL APPROACH; LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PB AND ZN CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SITE-SPECIFIC;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHROMIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC;

DREDGING;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DREDGING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PORT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; SEAWATER; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84857360298     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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