Impacts of fishing vessels on the heavy metal contamination in sediments: a case study of Qianzhen fishing port in southern Taiwan

YC Lim, CF Chen, ML Tsai, CH Wu, YL Lin, MH Wang… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Routine maintenance of fishing vessels and wastewater discharges are primary sources of
heavy metals in fishing ports. Sediment pollution assessment is necessary in fishing port …

Levels and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of fishing grounds along Algerian coast

I Ahmed, B Mostefa, A Bernard, R Olivier - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2018 - Elsevier
The level and the ecological risk assessment of heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cr, V, As,
Pb, Cd and Co) were evaluated in surface sediments from fifty-one stations along the …

European case studies supporting the derivation of natural background levels and groundwater threshold values for the protection of dependent ecosystems and …

K Hinsby, MTC de Melo, M Dahl - Science of the Total Environment, 2008 - Elsevier
The EU Water Framework and Groundwater directives stipulate that EU member states have
to assess groundwater chemical status by the use of groundwater threshold values derived …

Comparison of EDTA, HCl and sequential extraction procedures, for selected metals (Cu, Mn, Pb, Zn), in soils, riverine and marine sediments

L Leleyter, C Rousseau, L Biree, F Baraud - Journal of Geochemical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Knowledge of the total concentration of metals in soils and sediments is frequently
insufficient to ascertain environmental risk. Simple and sequential extractions are useful …

Spatial and temporal variability of downward particle fluxes on a continental slope: Lessons from an 8-yr experiment in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)

S Heussner, XD de Madron, A Calafat, M Canals… - Marine Geology, 2006 - Elsevier
A long-term experiment of downward particle fluxes and currents has been initiated in 1993
on the continental slope of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean) and pursued within the …

Input of particulate heavy metals from rivers and associated sedimentary deposits on the Gulf of Lion continental shelf

O Radakovitch, V Roussiez, P Ollivier, W Ludwig… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Fluxes of the heavy metals chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), lead (Pb),
cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) delivered by rivers to the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea) …

Integrated study of Mediterranean deep canyons: Novel results and future challenges

M Canals, JB Company, D Martín… - Progress in …, 2013 - Elsevier
This volume compiles a number of scientific papers resulting from a sustained
multidisciplinary research effort of the deep-sea ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea. This …

Spatial distribution, contamination assessment and potential ecological risk of some trace metals in the surface sediments of the Gulf of Tunis, North Tunisia

HB Mna, MA Helali, W Oueslati, S Amri, L Aleya - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
To evaluate the trace metals contamination status in the Gulf of Tunis, forty one sediment
samples were analyzed using different approaches. According to certain contamination and …

Environmental risks associated with trace elements in sediments from Cartagena Bay, an industrialized site at the Caribbean

K Caballero-Gallardo, M Alcala-Orozco… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Cartagena Bay (CB) is an industrialized site in the Caribbean. The aim of this study was to
evaluate contamination patterns by trace elements in sediments from CB. Sediment samples …

The use of vintage surficial sediment data and sedimentary cores to determine past and future trends in estuarine metal contamination (Sydney estuary, Australia)

GF Birch, CH Chang, JH Lee, LJ Churchill - Science of the Total …, 2013 - Elsevier
The objectives of the present investigation were to determine past trends in sediment
contamination and possibly predict future trends. Multiple vintages of surficial sediment …