Water column characterisation on the Azores platform and at the sea mounts south of the archipelago

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1884-1894

  Palma, Carla ^a   Lillebø, Ana I ^b   Borges, Carlos ^a   Souto, Miguel ^c   Pereira, Eduarda ^b   Duarte, Armando C ^b   Abreu, Manuel Pinto de ^c  

^a INSTITUTO HIDROGRÁFICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC)   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atlantic region of the Azores; Background concentrations; Deep sea; Nutrients; Potential toxic elements; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC REGION OF THE AZORES; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; DEEP SEA; TOXIC ELEMENTS; WATER MASS;

NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

LEAD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DEEP SEA; HYDROGRAPHY; LEAD; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAMOUNT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AZORES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AZORES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84865356992     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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