Dissolved and particulate heavy metals distribution and regulation in coastal lagoons. A case study from Mar Chiquita Lagoon, Argentina

ORNELA BELTRAME,; SILVIA DE MARCO; JORGE MARCOVECCHIO

ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

ACADEMIC PRESS LTD-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Lugar: New York, USA; Año: 2009 vol. 85 p. 45 - 56

0272-7714

Mar Chiquita Coastal Lagoon is located on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, and it has been declared a Biosphere Reserve under the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Programme (MAB). This coastal lagoon constitutes an estuarine environment with a very particular behaviour and it is ecologically important due to its biological diversity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the distribution and geochemical behaviour of several heavy metals in this coastal system, focusing on their distribution in both the dissolved phase (