Macrobenthic community in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong and its relations with heavy metals

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 600-608

  Chen, Kouping ^a,b   Tian, Shengyan ^b   Jiao, Jiu Jimmy ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Hong Kong; Macrobenthos; Tolo Harbour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875091046     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9271-8     Document Type: Article

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