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<journal-id>0188-4999</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista internacional de contaminación ambiental]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Int. Contam. Ambient]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-4999</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-49992019000300771</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20937/rica.2019.35.03.20</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ARSENIC CONTENT, GRAIN SIZES AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN SURFACE SEDIMENTS OF THE URÍAS LAGOON, NW MEXICO]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[CONTENIDO DE ARSÉNICO, TAMAÑO DE GRANO, Y CARACTERÍSTICAS QUÍMICAS DE SEDIMENTOS SUPERFICIALES EN LA LAGUNA URÍAS, NOROESTE DE MÉXICO]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rendón-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús Ramón]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Frías-Espericueta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martín G.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Green-Ruiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos R.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Páez-Osuna]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Federico]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Voltolina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Domenico]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Unidad Académica Mazatlán Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mazatlán Sinaloa]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa Facultad de Ciencias del Mar Laboratorio de Estudios Ambientales]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mazatlán Sinaloa]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mazatlán Sinaloa]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mazatlán Sinaloa]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>35</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>771</fpage>
<lpage>779</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-49992019000300771&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-49992019000300771&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-49992019000300771&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Aiming to detect possible impacts of human activities on the characteristics of the sediments of the Urías lagoon, which is a lagoonal system surrounded by the urban area of Mazatlán (NW Mexico), we determined the mean percentages of the main particle fractions, pH, CO3 2-, organic carbon and total arsenic content in the surficial sediments of six different zones of the Urías lagoon. Sand was the dominant size fraction throughout the whole system. The highest organic matter and the lowest pH values were found in adjacent sites to industrial activities, especially to fish processing. Most arsenic concentrations were within the values of the natural local background (12.6-27.3 mg/kg), with the possible exception of sediments close to the industrial area, especially those nearby the fish processing plants, where the mean As (45.2 ± 9.3 mg/kg) exceeded the level which may have adverse effects on marine organisms (41.6 mg/kg). However, it is not excluded that such levels are results rather from the combined effect of the hydrodynamic and sediments dynamic of sediment associated to local enrichments background of the region.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La laguna costera Urías se encuentra rodeada por la zona urbana de Mazatlán (noroeste de México). Con la finalidad de detectar posibles impactos de actividades humanas sobre las características de los sedimentos, se determinaron los porcentajes de las fracciones particuladas, pH, CO3 2-, carbono orgánico y arsénico total en los sedimentos superficiales en seis zonas de la laguna Urías. En todo el sistema dominó la fracción arenosa. Los mayores valores de carbono orgánico y los menores valores de pH se encontraron en los sitios adyacentes a actividades industriales, en especial aquellos cercanos a las plantas procesadoras de pescado. La mayor parte de los niveles de arsénico se ubican en el intervalo de valores naturales típicos de la región (12.6-27.3 mg/kg), con la posible excepción de los sedimentos de las estaciones cercanas al área industrial, especialmente adyacentes a las plantas procesadoras de pescado, donde la concentración media (45.2 ± 9.3 mg/kg) superó los 41.6 mg/kg, nivel que puede afectar a los organismos marinos. Sin embargo, no se descarta que tales niveles sean resultado del efecto combinado de la hidrodinámica y la dinámica de los sedimentos asociados a los enriquecimientos de arsénico total de la región.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[coastal lagoons]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sediments]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[trace elements]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Gulf of California]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[elementos traza]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Golfo de California]]></kwd>
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