Development of site-specific sediment quality guidelines for North and South Atlantic littoral zones: Comparison against national and international sediment quality benchmarks

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 320-331

  Choueri, R B ^a,b   Cesar, A ^b   Abessa, D M S ^c   Torres, R J ^d   Morais, R D ^b   Riba, I ^a,e   Pereira, C D S ^b,f   Nascimento, M R L ^g   Mozeto, A A ^d   DelValls, T A ^a  

^a UNITWIN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA CECÍLIA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dredged material; Estuary; Marine pollution; Multivariate analysis; Sediment quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CHARACTERISATION; CHEMICALS OF CONCERN; DREDGED MATERIAL; DREDGED MATERIALS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL SCOPE; LITTORAL ZONE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SPANISH PORTS;

BENCHMARKING; CALCIUM; DECISION MAKING; DREDGES; DREDGING; ESTUARIES; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BENCHMARKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARY; GUIDELINE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; LAKE SEDIMENT; LIMNETIC ZONE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SPAIN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENCHMARKING; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; METALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGECIRAS BAY; ANDALUCIA; BRAZIL; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; CADIZ BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SANTOS; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO VICENTE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67849092274     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.04.093     Document Type: Article

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