Distribution of arsenic species in an open seagrass ecosystem: Relationship to trophic groups, habitats and feeding zones

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-88

  Price, A ^a,b   Maher, W ^a   Kirby, J ^a,c   Krikowa, F ^a   Duncan, E ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Potts, J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; MACROALGA; OXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAGRASS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE MACQUARIE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857588274     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN11105     Document Type: Article

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