Effects of Microbial and Heavy Metal Contaminants on Environmental/Ecological Health and Revitalization of Coastal Ecosystems in Delaware Bay

The presence of heavy metals, excess nutrients, and microbial contaminants in aquatic systems of coastal Delaware has become a public concern as human population increases and land development continues. Delaware's coastal lagoons have been subjected to problems commonly shared by other coastal...

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Main Authors: Gulnihal Ozbay, Lathadevi K. Chintapenta, Amy Cannon, Kenneth Hannum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00026/full