A scuba diving direct sediment sampling methodology on benthic transects in glacial lakes: procedure description, safety measures, and tests results

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12457-12471

  Pardo, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude diving; Banquise; Ba os; Benthic zone; Diving safety; Glacial lake; Hypothermia; Ice cover; Ice diving; Sabocos; Sampling methodology; Scuba diver; Sediments; Subaqueous soils; Tarn; Transect; Truchas; Underwater

Indexed keywords

POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; DIVING; EVALUATION STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAKE; METHODOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; STANDARDS;

DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPAIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84924342872     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3011-8     Document Type: Article

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