Trace metals in settling particles from the sewage impacted buenos aires coastal area in the Río de la Plata Estuary, Argentina

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 318-322

  Tatone, L M ^a,b   Bilos, C ^a   Skorupka, C N ^a   Colombo, J C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c Provincia de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Metals; R o de la Plata; Settling particles; Sewage outfall

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ELEMENTS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MINOR ELEMENTS; REDOX SENSITIVES; SETTLING PARTICLES; SEWAGE OUTFALL; TOTAL MASS FLUX; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; SEWAGE;

COPPER;

HEAVY METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84876163811     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0914-2     Document Type: Article

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