An assessment of toxicity in profundal lake sediment due to deposition of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants from the atmosphere

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-356

  Rippey, Brian ^a   Rose, Neil ^b   Yang, Handong ^b   Harrad, Stuart ^c   Robson, Mat ^c   Travers, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Lakes; POPs; Profundal sediment; Tier I Sediment Ecological Risk Assessment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTS;

PROFUNDAL SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT;

TOXICITY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

CRUSTACEAN; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTAMINATION; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGDEN RESERVOIR; CUMBRIA; DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GWYNEDD; LLYN LLAGI; SCOAT TARN; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 41049084469     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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