Application of heavy metals environmental criteria on Amazonian continental shelf bottom sediments

The used criteria of environmental evaluation in this work, beyond the bioavailability, had been; the enrichment factor (x) and the geoaccumulation index (Igeo). The bioavailability of metals in the studied sediments showed, for some stations, anomalies, being its text many times superior to the con...

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Main Authors: Edgar Alexandre Reis de Lima, Gilmar Wanzeller Siqueira, Waterloo Napoleão de Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2006-04-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais
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Online Access:http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bn/artigos/cnv1n1_2006/utilizacao(lima).pdf