Combined SEM/AVS and attenuation of concentration models for the assessment of bioavailability and mobility of metals in sediments of Sepetiba Bay (SE Brazil)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 55-63

  Ribeiro, Andreza Portella ^a,b   Figueiredo, Ana Maria Graciano ^b   Santos, José Osman dos ^c   Dantas, Elizabeth ^b   Cotrim, Marycel Elena Barboza ^b   Cesar Lopes Figueira, Rubens ^d   V Silva Filho, Emmanoel ^e   Cesar Wasserman, Julio ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica de Sergipe   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Bioavailability; Metals; Mobility; SEM AVS; Sepetiba Bay

Indexed keywords

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; ATTENUATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION MODEL; GEOSTATISTICAL MODELS; RIVERINE DISCHARGE; SEPETIBA BAY; SIMULTANEOUSLY EXTRACTED METALS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CARRIER MOBILITY; LEAD; METALS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TOXICITY;

COPPER;

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDE; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; SIMULTANEOUSLY EXTRACTED METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; HEAVY METAL; MANGROVE; MARINE POLLUTION; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; METAL EXTRACTION; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BAYS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SEPETIBA BAY;

EID: 84875261012     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.023     Document Type: Article

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