Inorganic Heavy Metals as Environmental Pollution Indicators in Rio Baru, Costa Rica

Pollution from industrial sources, such as leather tanneries, jewelry factories, car batteries, and construction refuse, has been linked to increased concentrations of toxic heavy metals in rivers in Costa Rica. This study focused on the concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel,...

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Main Author: Metzger, Lia Kimiko
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2015
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/562
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1555&context=scripps_theses