Iron, cadmium, and chromium in seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) from a coastal nature reserve in karstic Yucatán

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 7591-7603

  Avelar, Mayra ^a   Bonilla Heredia, Blanca ^a   Merino Ibarra, Martín ^a   Herrera Silveira, Jorge A ^b   Ramirez, Javier ^b   Rosas, Humberto ^a   Valdespino, Job ^a   Carricart Ganivet, Juan P ^a   Martínez, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomonitors; Groundwater; Pollution; Seasonal; Trace metals; Yum Balam

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; SEASONAL; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM; TRACE METAL; YUM BALAM;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; SILICATES;

IRON;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER; IRON; SILICATE;

BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; CAVE SYSTEM; CHROMIUM; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; KARST; NATURE RESERVE; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; SILICATE; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVAPORATION; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT TISSUE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCHARITACEAE; IRON; MEXICO; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO; YALAHAU LAGOON; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 84881149633     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3121-7     Document Type: Article

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