Measuring hypoxia induced metal release from highly contaminated estuarine sediments during a 40day laboratory incubation experiment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 420, Issue , 2012, Pages 229-237

  Banks, Joanne L ^a   Ross, D Jeff ^b   Keough, Michael J ^a   Eyre, Bradley D ^c   Macleod, Catriona K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Hypoxia; Metal contamination; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ANTHROPOGENIC METALS; COASTAL WATERS; COPPER AND ZINC; DISSOLVED METALS; DIVALENT CATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; HIGH LOAD; HYPOXIA; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL RELEASE; MOBILISATION; OVERLYING WATER; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENT-BOUND METALS; SOFT SEDIMENTS; TASMANIA , AUSTRALIA; TRACE METAL;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; MANGANESE; MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; MOBILIZATION; OXYGEN; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL;

ALKALINITY; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; COASTAL WATERS; ESTUARY; HYPOXIA; INCUBATION TIME; METAL RECOVERY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGENATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN; TASMANIA; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84857658158     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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