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Release of trace metals by sewage sludge and the subsequent uptake by members of a turtle grass mangrove ecosystem

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Date Issued:
1979
Title: Release of trace metals by sewage sludge and the subsequent uptake by members of a turtle grass mangrove ecosystem.
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Name(s): Montgomery, John R., creator
Price, Mary T., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1979
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Extent: 5 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3332932 (digitool), FADT3332932 (IID), fau:6168 (fedora), 10.1021/es60153a016 (doi)
Note(s): This research was initiated to determine the rates of uptake, by a Thalassia testudinum Konig/mangrove ecosystem, over a 125-day period, of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn. The metals were leached from sewage sludge by flowing seawater (8.4 L min-I) and subsequently traversed the model system. The largest net uptake of metals occurred in the "fouling organisms" where Cd, Pb, and Zn uptake closely paralleled the net loss of metals from the sewage sludge.
This document is the accepted manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in Environmental Science & Technology after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es60153a016. This article may be cited as: Montgomery, J. R., & Price, M. T. (1979). Release of trace metals by sewage sludge and the subsequent uptake by members of a turtle grass mangrove ecosystem. Environmental Science and Technology, 13(5), 546-549. doi:10.1021/es60153a016
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #115.
Subject(s): Thalassia testudinum
Turtle grass
Sewage sludge
Trace metals in the environment
Fouling organisms
Mangrove
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3332932
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es60153a016
Restrictions on Access: ©1979 American Chemical Society
Host Institution: FAU