Review on metal contamination in equatorial estuaries in the Brazilian Northeast

TTL Santos, RV Marins, LP Alves - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The present study provides an overview and assessment of the metals and trace metals
registered in water, sediment, and biota in estuaries of the Equatorial Zone of the Brazilian …

Advances in the integration of microalgal communities for biomonitoring of metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems of sub-Saharan Africa

M Mulenga, C Monde, T Johnson, KO Ouma… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
This review elucidated the recent advances in integrating microalgal communities in
monitoring metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It also …

Heavy metals contamination in sediments of Bharalu river, Guwahati, Assam, India: A tributary of river Brahmaputra

R Bhuyan, P Brahma, M Chabukdhara, N Tyagi… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This study aimed to assess heavy metals in the surface sediments of the Bharalu river, India.
Metal concentrations ranged from 6.65− 54.6 mg/kg for Ni, 25.2− 250.0 mg/kg for Zn, 83.3 …

A novel assessment of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in water and sediment samples from the Indus River, Pakistan: An ecological risk assessment approach

N Gul, B Khan, AHA Khan, T Nawaz, F Wahid… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pakistan, a country with limited water resources and highly vulnerable to the adverse effects
of climate change, faces numerous challenges in managing its water supply. In this sense …

Occurrence, distribution, and pollution indices of potentially toxic elements within the bed sediments of the riverine system in Pakistan

J Nawab, ZU Din, R Ahmad, S Khan, MI Zafar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are a major source of pollution due to their toxicity,
persistence, and bio-accumulating nature in riverine bed sediments. The sediment, as the …

Anthropogenic factors affecting the Moskva River water quality: levels and sources of nutrients and potentially toxic elements in Moscow metropolitan area

G Shinkareva, O Erina, M Tereshina, D Sokolov… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
This study aims to identify the main patterns of distribution and sources of pollutants in the
Moskva River and their influence on river water quality under different levels of …

Spatio-temporal variation and hazard assessment of potentially toxic metal element contamination in sediments and water before and after a water-level fluctuation …

C Liu, Q Lan, B Yan, J Wang, H Wang, Y Wu… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Previous investigations on heavy metals in the water–sediment compartment focused on
their spatial distribution, and the influence of sediment pH and organic matter (OM) on metal …

Health risk assessment based on source identification of heavy metal (loid) s: a case study of surface water in the Lijiang river, China

Y Wang, C Xin, S Yu, Y Xie, W Zhang, R Fu - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, 24 surface water samples were collected from the main trunk/tributary of the
Lijiang River during the wet season (April) and the dry season (December) in 2021. The total …

Heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants contamination in river, estuary, and marine sediments from Atlantic Coast of Democratic Republic of the Congo

RB Suami, P Sivalingam, DM Al Salah… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The pollution assessment and the evaluation of potential risks in the Atlantic Coastal Region
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are still very limited. Consequently, the present …

[HTML][HTML] Toxic metal concentration and ecotoxicity test of sediments from dense populated areas of Congo River, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

HK Mata, DMM Al Salah, GN Ngweme… - Environmental chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of the present research was to evaluate the contamination level and potential
risks at a part of a large and important river in Central Africa, the Congo River. Surface …