Studies of a contaminated brackish marsh in the Hackensack Meadowlands of Northeastern New Jersey: Benthic communities and metal contamination

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1025-1035

  Weis, Judith S ^a   Skurnick, Joan ^b   Weis, Peddrick ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Benthos; Community; Diversity; Metal; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH MARSH; HACKENSACK MEADOWLANDS; TIDAL CYCLE;

BENCHMARKING; CONTAMINATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); TIDES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

WETLANDS;

MERCURY; METAL;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; MARSH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; TIDE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NEW JERSEY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER MOVEMENTS;

HACKENSACK; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8844229515     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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