A long-term survey of heavy metals and specific organic compounds in biofilms, sediments, and surface water in a heavily affected river in the Czech Republic

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 555-572

  Kohušová, Kateřina ^a,b   Havel, Ladislav ^a   Vlasák, Petr ^a   Tonika, Jaroslav ^b  

^a T G MASARYK WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pollution; B lina River; Biofilm; Heavy metals; Sediment; Specific organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CURRENT CONCENTRATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; ELBE RIVER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; MINING INDUSTRY; RANDOM VARIABILITY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPECIFIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRICHLOROETHANE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BISMUTH; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY WATER; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VANADIUM; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEAVY METAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SURFACE WATER; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEAVY METAL; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PCB; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

BIOFILMS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATA COLLECTION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BILINA RIVER; CZECH REPUBLIC; ELBE RIVER; USTECKY;

EID: 79952452226     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1478-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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