Geochemical behavior of heavy metals in differents environments in Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon - RJ/Brazil

The accelerated urbanisation without a planning, brought several environmental problems to Rio de Janeiro coastal zone, especially in areas such as Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, which receives a great amount of untreated sewage every day. To assess the nature, potentially sources and extent of heavy me...

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Main Authors: Estefan M Fonseca, José A Baptista Neto, Marcos A Fernandez, John Mcalister, Bernard Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2011-06-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652011000200008