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enrichment and toxicity in lower and middle regions of a tropical Mandovi Estuary, revealed metals dilution by coarser intertidal mudflat sediments in the lower estuary (downstream of the fishing jetty- core S ...
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Abstract Two sediment cores collected from intertidal Keywords Sediment Mudflat Metals Bioavailability mudflats of the main estuarine channel and adjoining sub ...
. The spatial distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and bioavailable metals was determined in surficial sediments of the Swan-Canning Estuary through broad ...
Bizerte Lagoon Sediment Heavy metals . . Lagoon which is exposed to intense anthropogenic pres- SEM-AVS Toxicity Bioavailability sure, two sediment cores were taken at two sites, one undergoes the dual ...
like a solvent phase [ 1 , 5 ]. Some of the relationships between contaminant bioavailability and sediment phases have been formulated into sediment quality criteria. Relationships between metal toxicity ...
of these toxic pollutants and achieving better environmental management. The diffusive fluxes of heavy metals across the sediment -water interface was estimated through Fick’s First Law, and the toxicity of heavy ...
, there is a necessity to determine probable effects levels for bioavailable (mobile) metals and other potentially toxic substances that can enter the human body through the skin. The levels should be defined for both ...
have impacted the biogeochemical cycling of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in even the most remote ecosystems on our planet [15, 16]. Because the chemical and physical properties of estuarine sediment ...
] and even some wastewater sludge and biosolids [9], can increase concentrations to high levels in soils and sediment beds of lakes and rivers. These toxic elements can be bioavailable to terrestrial ...
the geolimnological correlation between CORE1 and CORE2. We compared the grey-scale profiles and a suite of geochemical proxies from the both sediment cores (mainly metal (loid)s such as As, Cu and Zn). The image ...
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