Sedimentary biomarkers along a contamination gradient in a human-impacted sub-estuary in Southern Brazil: A multi-parameter approach based on spatial and seasonal variability

Chemosphere

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-163

  de Abreu Mota, Michelle Alves ^a   de Moura Barboza, Carlos Alberto ^b   Bícego, Márcia C ^c   Martins, César C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coprostanol; Hydrocarbons; Organic contamination; Paranagu Bay; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; HYDROCARBONS; LIPIDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; COPROSTANOL; GRAIN SIZE PARAMETERS; ORGANIC CONTAMINATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; THRESHOLD EFFECT LEVELS; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHRYSENE; COPROSTEROL; HYDROCARBON; KETONE; OIL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STEROID; STEROL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMARKER; GRAIN SIZE; OPEN OCEAN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PETROGENESIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN; ISOMER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SHIPPING; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; URBAN POPULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WINTER;

BRAZIL; PARANA [BRAZIL]; PARANAGUA BAY;

COTINGA;

COPROSTANOL; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CONTAMINATION; PARANAGUÁ BAY; SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896399991     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.11.052     Document Type: Article

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