An integrated evaluation of molecular marker indices and linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) to measure sewage input in a subtropical estuary (Babitonga Bay, Brazil)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-80

  Martins, César C ^a   Cabral, Ana Caroline ^a   Barbosa Cintra, Scheyla C T ^a   Dauner, Ana Lúcia L ^a   Souza, Fernanda M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coprostanol; Estuarine pollution; Sediments; South Atlantic; Sterols

Indexed keywords

COPROSTANOL; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; STEROLS;

BAYS; BENZENE; BRAZIL; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTANOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FECES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; STEROLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84894328575     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.01.022     Document Type: Article

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