Integrated quality assessment of sediments from harbour areas in Santos-São Vicente Estuarine System, Southern Brazil

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-189

  Buruaem, Lucas Moreira ^a,b   de Castro, Ítalo Braga ^c   Hortellani, Marcos Antonio ^d   Taniguchi, Satie ^d   Fillmann, Gilberto ^c   Sasaki, Silvio Tarou ^d   Varella Petti, MÔnica Angélica ^d   Sarkis, Jorge Eduardo de Souza ^d   Bícego, Márcia Caruso ^d   Maranho, Luciane Alves ^b   Davanso, Marcela Bergo ^b   Nonato, Edmundo Ferraz ^d   Cesar, Augusto ^e   Costa Lotufo, Leticia Veras ^a   Abessa, Denis Moledo de Souza ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dredged material; Integrated assessment; Lines of evidence approach; Marine pollution; Sediment quality triad

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; DREDGING; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

BRAZIL; LATIN AMERICA; SANTOS; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO VICENTE [SAO PAULO];

EID: 84883171073     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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