Testing benthic foraminiferal distributions as a contemporary quantitative approach to biomonitoring estuarine heavy metal pollution

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1039-1048

  Foster, William J ^a   Armynot du Châtelet, Eric ^b   Rogerson, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bages Sigean lagoon; Benthic foraminifera; Bioindicators; Cd; Cu; Quinqueloculina bicostata

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; BAGES SIGEAN LAGOON; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMONITORING; CD; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; POLLUTED AREA; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; QUINQUELOCULINA BICOSTATA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC;

BIOMARKERS; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC CARBON;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; COPPER; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAGOON; MACROFAUNA; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTOZOON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUINQUELOCULINA BICOSTATA; SEDIMENT; TAXONOMIC RANK; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAMINIFERA; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

AUDE; BAGES LAGOON; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

FORAMINIFERA; QUINQUELOCULINA BICOSTATA;

EID: 84860332879     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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