Distribution, sources, and potential ecotoxicological risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments from Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-172

  Oliva, Ana L ^a   Quintas, Pamela Y ^a   La Colla, Noelia S ^a   Arias, Andrés H ^a   Marcovecchio, Jorge E ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^c Universidad FASTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; THRESHOLD;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CARCINOGENICITY; DRY WEIGHT; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBANIZATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84943353754     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-015-0169-0     Document Type: Article

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