How do long-term development and periodical changes of river-floodplain systems affect the fate of contaminants? Results from European rivers

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3336-3346

  Lair, G J ^a   Zehetner, F ^a   Fiebig, M ^a   Gerzabek, M H ^a   van Gestel, C A M ^b   Hein, T ^a,c   Hohensinner, S ^a   Hsu, P ^d   Jones, K C ^e   Jordan, G ^f   Koelmans, A A ^g   Poot, A ^g   Slijkerman, D M E ^g   Totsche, K U ^h   Bondar Kunze, E ^a,c   Barth, J A C ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^d HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Nitrogen and phosphorus; Organic pollutants; Redox; Soil formation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INTERACTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ECOTOXICITY; FLOOD PROTECTION; FLOOD WATERS; FLOOD-PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RIVER CHANNELIZATION; RIVER WATER; RIVER-FLOODPLAIN SYSTEM; SOIL FORMATION; SOIL FORMATIONS; SOURCE AREA; TEMPORAL SCALE;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COMPLEXATION; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; FERTILIZER; LEAD; NICKEL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RIVER WATER; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNELIZATION; DIKE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; REDOX CONDITIONS; RIVER SYSTEM; SOIL POLLUTION;

DEFORESTATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; EUROPE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FLOODS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 74249119484     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.004     Document Type: Review

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