Biological and chemical determination of contaminant levels in settling particulate matter and sediments: A Swedish river system before, during, and after dredging of PCB-contaminated lake sediments

Ambio

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 403-410

  Engwall, Magnus ^a   Näf, Carina ^b   Broman, Dag ^b   Brunström, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE POLLUTION; PCB; REMEDIATION;

SWEDEN, EMAN RIVER;

EID: 0031714692     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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27. Katarina Hjelm and Kerstin Grunder are gratefully acknowledged for excellent technical assistance. Thanks are also due to Anders Helgée and Bo Troedsson for help during the collection of sediment and SPM. This study was financially supported by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the Lake Jarnsjön project.