Trace metals in the NE Atlantic coastal zone of Finisterre (Iberian Peninsula): Terrestrial and marine sources and rates of sedimentation

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-81

  Prego, Ricardo ^a   Santos Echeandía, Juan ^a   Bernárdez, Patricia ^a   Cobelo García, Antonio ^a   Varela, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Contamination; Heavy metals; Phytoplankton; Sediment; Spain; SPM; Trace elements; Upwelling; Water

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; DISSOLVED METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN; PARTICULATE TRACE METALS; SPAIN; SPM; UPWELLING;

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METALS; NICKEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; SILICON; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER; ZINC;

COPPER;

ALGA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; DISTURBANCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TRACE METAL; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BRETAGNE; CAPE FINISTERRE; CORCUBION SOUND; FINISTERE; FRANCE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; LAUDERIA; LEPTOCYLINDRUS; PARALIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; THALASSIONEMA;

EID: 84883654686     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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