Metal fate and effects in estuaries: a review and conceptual model for better understanding of toxicity

AA de Souza Machado, K Spencer, W Kloas… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Metal pollution is a global problem in estuaries due to the legacy of historic contamination
and currently increasing metal emissions. However, the establishment of water and …

The current status of heavy metal in lake sediments from China: Pollution and ecological risk assessment

Y Xu, Y Wu, J Han, P Li - Ecology and evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metal contamination in lake sediments is a serious problem, particularly in
developing countries such as China. To evaluate heavy metal pollution and risk of …

Comprehensive assessment of heavy metal contamination in sediment of the Pearl River Estuary and adjacent shelf

Y Yang, F Chen, L Zhang, J Liu, S Wu, M Kang - Marine pollution bulletin, 2012 - Elsevier
Total metal concentrations (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Pb), acid volatile sulfide and simultaneously
extracted metals (AVS–SEM), and heavy metal fractionation were used to assess the heavy …

Geochemical and statistical approach for evaluation of heavy metal pollution in core sediments in southeast coast of India

BRR Seshan, U Natesan, K Deepthi - International journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Industrialization coupled with urbanizaton has led to stress in the Buckingham Canal which
runs parallel to Bay of Bengal at a distance of around 1 km from the coastline. 4 sediment …

Assessment of the metal pollution, potential toxicity and speciation of sediment from Algeciras Bay (South of Spain) using chemometric tools

M Díaz-de Alba, MD Galindo-Riano… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
A study to determine total and mobile heavy metals concentrations in sediments from
Algeciras Bay was performed and pollution hotspots were identified. The effects on aquatic …

Determination of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Zn) by ICP-OES and their speciation in Algerian Mediterranean Sea sediments after a five-stage sequential …

AA Alomary, S Belhadj - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Surface sediment samples (n= 18) were collected from the Algerian Mediterranean
coasts and analyzed for seven metals using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission …

Assessment of potentially toxic metal (PTM) pollution in mangrove habitats using biochemical markers: A case study on Avicennia officinalis L. in and around …

M Bakshi, S Ghosh, D Chakraborty, S Hazra… - Marine pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Spatial distribution of potentially toxic metals (PTMs) and their accumulation in mangrove
Avicennia officinalis L. were studied along 8 locations in and around Sundarban mangrove …

Relationship between heavy metal contents and clay mineral properties in surface sediments: Implications for metal pollution assessment

YM Chen, J Gao, YQ Yuan, J Ma, S Yu - Continental Shelf Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Clay minerals in surface sediments can affect the adsorption of heavy metals. However, few
historical studies have focused on the influence of fine clay mineral characteristics on metal …

Assessment of nutrients and heavy metals enrichment in surface sediments from Taihu Lake, a eutrophic shallow lake in China

H Yuan, J Shen, E Liu, J Wang, X Meng - Environmental geochemistry and …, 2011 - Springer
Concentrations of the nutrients (TN and TP), phosphorus fractions and heavy metals (Co, Cr,
Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, Ti, V, Zn and Hg) in 40 surface sediment samples collected from Taihu …

Trace element contamination in the estuarine sediments along Tuticorin coast–Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India

NS Magesh, N Chandrasekar, SK Kumar… - Marine pollution bulletin, 2013 - Elsevier
Sediment samples were collected from Kallar, Korampallam creek and Punnakayal
estuaries of Tuticorin coast for assessing the level of contamination by trace elements in …