Speciation and ecological risk of toxic elements in estuarine sediments affected by multiple anthropogenic contributions (Guadiana saltmarshes, SW Iberian Peninsula): I. Surficial sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3666-3679

  Delgado, Joaquín ^a   Barba Brioso, Cinta ^b   Nieto, José Miguel ^a   Boski, Tomasz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological risk indices; Guadiana Estuary; Metal speciation; Sediment pollution; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RISK INDEX; GUADIANA ESTUARY; METAL SPECIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CADMIUM; COPPER; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; ORGANIC MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

ALBITE; ALUMINUM SILICATE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; ILLITE; INORGANIC SALT; IRON MANGANESE HYDROXIDE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATED SALT; TOXIC ELEMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERMICULITE; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; METAL; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK INDEX; ESTUARY; EXTRACTION; HAZARD; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MINERALOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT MARSH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

GUADIANA ESTUARY; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 80051797256     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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