Novel approach for assessing heavy metal pollution and ecotoxicological status of rivers by means of passive sampling methods

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 671-677

  Roig, Neus ^a   Nadal, Martí ^a   Sierra, Jordi ^a,b   Ginebreda, Antoni ^c   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

DGTs (Diffusive Gradient in Thin Films); Ecotoxicity; Heavy metals; River pollution; SPMDs (Semi Permeable Membrane Devices)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS; TOXICITY; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS; ECOTOXICITY; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLVENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOKIRSCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

CHLOROPHYTA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 79952902673     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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