Heavy metal and organic contaminants in mangrove ecosystems of China: a review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11938-11950

  Zhang, Zai Wang ^a,c   Xu, Xiang Rong ^a   Sun, Yu Xin ^a   Yu, Shen ^b   Chen, Yong Shan ^b   Peng, Jia Xi ^a,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Fauna; Heavy metal; Mangrove; Organic pollutants; Sediment

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; AVICENNIA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT;

AVICENNIA; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY;

EID: 84930170694     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3100-8     Document Type: Article

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