Estuarine pollution imposes rapid, increasing and lasting environmental modifications. In the
present review, especial attention is given to estuaries in South America (SA), where …

Fine-grained sediments contaminated with complex mixtures of organic and inorganic
chemical contaminants can be toxic in laboratory tests and/or cause adverse impacts to …

The Sado Estuary in Portugal is a good example of a site where human pressures and
ecological values collide with each other. An overall contamination assessment has never …

This study identifies the impact of river sediments on coastal ecosystems in the southwestern
coastal region of Korea. Surface sediments were analyzed for their spatial distributions of …

We reviewed 20 years of levels, sources, and environmental risks related to the main
petroleum hydrocarbons in the northeast region of Brazil. The aim of this study was to …

The objectives of this study were to compare approaches for evaluating the combined effects
of chemical mixtures on the toxicity in field-collected sediments and to evaluate the ability of …

This review of 19 chemical approaches used in assessing sediment quality are classified
into empirical, mechanistic and sediment quality indices (SQI) groups. Empirical sediment …

Crustaceans, like all aquatic invertebrates, take up and accumulate metals from a wide
range of sources and the trace metal concentrations within their tissues and bodies show …

Sediment contamination by metals poses risks to coastal ecosystems and is considered to
be problematic to dredging operations. In Brazil, there are differences in sedimentology …

Abstract Purpose The development of Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs) is one of the
remaining challenges for a better protection of aquatic biodiversity and in particular …