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Trace metal concentrations in the offshore surficial sediments of Heraklion Gulf (Crete Island, East Mediterranean Sea) Abstract

  • 1. Section of Geography & Climatology, Department of Geology & Geoenvironment, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli-Zografou, 15784, Attiki, Greece
  • 2. Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli-Zografou, GR-15784, Attiki, Greece
  • 3. HCMR, Biology & Genetics Institute, Gournes Pediados, Heraklio, 71003, Kriti, Greece

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Koukounari, Ioli-Nikoleta, Paraskevopoulou, Vasiliki, Karditsa, Aikateri, Koulouri, Panayota, Poulos, Serafeim E., Dounas, Costas G., Dassenakis, Manos (2020): Trace metal concentrations in the offshore surficial sediments of Heraklion Gulf (Crete Island, East Mediterranean Sea) Abstract. Mediterranean Marine Science 21 (1): 84-104, DOI: 10.12681/mms.20396, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.20396

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