Persistent pollutants monitoring in a South Atlantic coastal environment. Case Study: The Bahía Blanca Estuary.

ARIAS, A.H.; FERNÁNDEZ SEVERINI, M.; DELUCCHI, F.; FREIJE, R.H.; MARCOVECCHIO, J.H.

Pollution Monitoring

Nova Science Publishers (New York, USA). Editors: Alicia C. Ortiz and Nancy B. Griffin

Lugar: New York, USA; Año: 2010;

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