Sources and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a an urbanized tropical estuary and adjacent shelf, Northeast of Brazil
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Acknowledgment
The authors thank Dr. Roberto Barcelos and the staff of the Laboratory of Geology (UFPE) for their assistance in grain size analysis, and CNPq (478589/2010-7) and FACEPE (APQ-1214-1.08/10) for funding this project. The MSc. Maciel thanks CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) for her scholarship award to pursue a PhD.
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