Environmental background values and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in watershed sediments: A comparison of assessment methods

J Liao, X Cui, H Feng, S Yan - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The distribution and assessment of heavy metal pollution in sediments have been
extensively studied worldwide. Risk assessment methods based on total content …

Risks assessment of potentially toxic elements' contamination in the Egyptian Red sea surficial sediments

HI Farhat, A Gad, A Saleh, SM Abd El Bakey - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The potential impact of tourism, industrial, and urban activities on Egypt's Red Sea coastline,
which is well-known for its economic and environmental importance, was investigated at …

Contamination and ecological risk assessment of trace metals in surface sediments from coastal areas (El Jadida, Safi and Essaouira) along the Atlantic coast of …

H Kouali, A Chaouti, H Achtak, K Elkalay… - Journal of African Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Concentrations of four trace metals (Cd, Cr, Cu and Zn) in surface sediments were quantified
seasonally to evaluate the metal contamination and to determine the possible environmental …

Trace elements in the shoreline and seabed sediments of the southern Caspian Sea: investigation of contamination level, distribution, ecological and human health …

MJ Nematollahi, B Keshavarzi, F Moore… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
This study assesses the occurrence of trace elements (TEs) in sediments of the southern
Caspian Sea. A total of 16 shoreline sediment samples and 15 seabed sediment samples …

Determination of heavy metal baseline levels and threshold values on marine sediments in the Bay of Biscay

L Sanz-Prada, E Garcia-Ordiales, G Flor-Blanco… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several international institutions have defined background or baseline levels to assess
heavy metal concentrations on marine sediments in order to use these values as a reference …

Source apportionment and associated potential ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in coastal marine sediments samples in Ondo, Southwest, Nigeria

LT Ogundele, PO Ayeku - Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk …, 2020 - Springer
Heavy metals are released into the sediments in aquatic environment from both natural and
anthropogenic sources and they are considered as worldwide issue due to their deleterious …

Temporal modelling of long-term heavy metal concentrations in aquatic ecosystems

B Bushra, L Bazneh, L Deka, PJ Wood… - Journal of …, 2023 - iwaponline.com
This paper examines a series of connected and isolated lakes in the UK as a model system
with historic episodes of heavy metal contamination. A 9-year hydrometeorological dataset …

An assessment of heavy metal contamination in the marine soil/sediment of Coles Bay Area, Svalbard, and Greater Bay Area, China: a baseline survey from a rapidly …

HM Leung, KC Cheung, CK Au, KKL Yung… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The objective of this research is to investigate the pollution levels of tin (Sn), arsenic (As),
cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and zinc (Zn) of soil/sediment taken in …

Exploring the temporal toxicity signature: A baseline evaluation of the heavy metal concentration in estuarine core sediments in the coastal region of cauvery delta …

B Sathyanarayanan, V Sivaprakasam… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Globally, the concentration of heavy metals and sediment toxicity analysis are significant
liabilities to aquatic environments. This scrutiny outlines the sediment textures, heavy metals …

Trace metal geochemistry sediments from the Dibamba River, SW Cameroon: Implication for heavy metal assessment and origin

BE Eric, MEMM Etutu, A Adama, BS Betrant, MF Esue… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Sediment quality and trace metal accumulation are two of the most pressing issues facing
the aquatic ecosystem around the world. Twenty-four (24) samples of stream sediments …