Estuaries as Filters: The Role of Tidal Marshes in Trace Metal Removal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Teuchies, Johannes ^a   Vandenbruwaene, Wouter ^b   Carpentier, Roos ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Temmerman, Stijn ^a   Wang, Chen ^a   Maris, Tom ^a   Cox, Tom J S ^a   Van Braeckel, Alexander ^c   Meire, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLANDERS HYDRAULICS RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FLOW RATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARSH; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BELGIUM; ECOLOGICAL PARAMETER MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FILTRATION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; NETHERLANDS; SEASONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84881352301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070381     Document Type: Article

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