Consistent assessment of trace metal contamination in surface sediments and suspended particulate matter: A case study from the Jade Bay in NW Germany

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 100-111

  Beck, Melanie ^a   Böning, Philipp ^a   Schückel, Ulrike ^b   Stiehl, Thorsten ^a   Schnetger, Bernhard ^a   Rullkötter, Jürgen ^a   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Jade Bay; Metals; North Sea; Surface sediment; Suspended particulate matter; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

JADE BAY; NORTH SEA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; WADDEN SEA;

CADMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; LEAD; METALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

COPPER;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SILICON; TIN; TITANIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GRAIN; METAL RECOVERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; METALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; JADE BAY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA; WILHELMSHAVEN;

EID: 84877808534     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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