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 …

Due to the construction and operation of Manwan Dam on the Lancang River, sediments
were likely to deposit in the impoundment. In this research, sediment samples were …

Principal components analysis (PCA) is a multivariate statistical technique capable of
discerning patterns in large environmental datasets. Although widely used, there is disparity …

Concentrations of PCBs, PCDDs, and PCDFs, heavy metals (Cu, Cd, Zn, Pb, and Hg), and
arsenic have been determined in a great variety of food samples purchased in different …

The deterioration of air quality is a growing concern in Bangladesh. This study investigated
the seasonal variation of atmospheric pollutants and their potential major sources in the …

Abstract Based on the Cr, Pb, Zn, Cd, and As content and grain data from the surface
sediments of 56 sampling sites in the coastal waters off the northern Shandong Peninsula …

Fish cage farming has been generally banned in some regions since there is growing
concern about adverse environmental issue caused by cage culture practices. This paper …

An approach is presented for determining the influence of two key variables, pH and salinity
(S), on the toxicity of four common heavy metals bound to sediments in estuaries. Two …

Dredged material contamination was assessed in different commercial ports from Spain:
Port of Cádiz and Huelva, South West; Bilbao and Pasajes, North; Cartagena and …

We aimed to develop site-specific sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) for two estuarine and
port zones in Southeastern Brazil (Santos Estuarine System and Paranaguá Estuarine …