Heavy-metal fractionation in surface sediments of the Cauvery River estuarine region, southeastern coast of India

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Dhanakumar, S ^a   Murthy, K Rutharvel ^a   Solaraj, G ^a   Mohanraj, R ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FRACTIONATION; IRON; MOBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CAUVERY DELTA; CAUVERY RIVER; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84879321565     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-013-9886-4     Document Type: Article

References (72)

1. Ahmad S, Siddiqui EN, Khalid S (1996) Studies on certain physico chemical properties of soil of two fresh water ponds of Darbhanga. Environ Pollut 31:31-39
2. Ahumada I, Mendoza J, Navarrete E, Ascar L (1999) Sequential extraction of heavy metals in soils irrigated with wastewater. Commun Soil Sci Plant Anal 30:1507-1519
3. Alagarsamy R (1991) Organic carbon in the sediments of Mandovi estuary, Goa. Indian J Marine Sci 20:221-222
4. Ananthan G, Sampathkumar P, Palpandi C, Kannan L (2006) Distribution of heavy metals in Vellar estuary, Southeast coast of India. J Ecotoxicol Environ Monit 16:185-191
5. Blais JF, Djedidi Z, Cheikh RB, Tyagi RD, Mercier G (2008) Metals precipitation from effluents: Review. Pract Period Hazard Toxic Radioact Waste Manag 12:135-149
6. Botte SE, Freije RH, Marcovecchio JE (2010) Distribution of several heavy metals in tidal flats sediments within Bahia Blanca Estuary (Argentina). Water Air Soil Pollut 210:371-388
7. Boxall ABA, Comber SD, Conrad AU, Howcroft J, Zaman N (2000) Inputs, monitoring and fate modelling of antifouling biocides in UK estuaries. Mar Pollut Bull 40:898-905
8. Buggy CJ, Tobin JM (2008) Seasonal and spatial distribution of metals in surface sediments of an urban estuary. Environ Pollut 155:308-319
9. Caccia VG, Millero FJ, Palanques A (2003) The distribution of trace metals in Florida Bay sediments. Mar Pollut Bull 46:1420-1433
10. Chakraborty P, Chakrabarti CL (2008) Competition from Cu II, Zn II and Cd II in Pb II binding to Suwannee River fulvic acid. Water Air Soil Pollut 195:63-71
11. Chakraborty P, Raghunadh Babu PV, Sarma VV (2012) A study of lead and cadmium speciation in some estuarine and coastal sediments. Chem Geol 294-295:217-225
12. Dekov DM, Araujo F, Subramanian V, Van Grieken R (1998) Chemical composition of sediments and suspended matter from the Cauvery and Brahmaputra river (India). Sci Total Environ 212:89-105
13. Department of Environment (2001) Department of Environment, Government of Tamilnadu, India. Available at: http://www.tnenvis.nic.in/DtProfiles/trichy. Accessed 21 June 2006
14. Dessai DVG, Nayak GN (2009) Distribution and speciation of selected metals in surface sediments from the tropical Zuari estuary, Central west coast of India. Environ Monit Assess 158:117-137
15. Dhanakumar S, Mani U, Murthy RC, Veeramani M, Mohanraj R (2011) Heavy metals and their fractionation profile in surface sediments of upper reaches in the Cauvery river delta, India. Int J Geol Earth Environ Sci 1:38-47
16. Duzzin B, Pavoni B, Donazolo R (1988) Macroinvertabrate communities and sediments as pollution indicators for heavy metals in the River Adige Italy. Water Res 22:1353-1363
17. Fergusson JE (1990) The heavy elements, chemistry, environmental impact and health effects. Pergamon, London, Oxford, p 614
18. Fernandes HM (1997) Heavy metal distribution in sediments and ecological risk assessment: The role of diagenetic processes in reducing metal toxicity in bottom sediments. Environ Pollut 97:317-325
19. Forstner U (1985) Chemical forms and reactivities of metals in sediments. In: Leschber R, Davis RR, L'Hermite P (eds) Chemical methods for assessing bioavailable metals in sludges and soils. Elsevier, London, pp 1-30
20. Fuentes MV, De Astudillo LR, Diaz A, Martínez G (2010) Heavy metal distribution in superficial sedimenta at Saco, Gulf of Cariaco, Sucre, Venezuela. Rev Biol Trop 58:129-140
21. Gonzalez JL, Thouvenin B, Dange C, Chiffoleau JF, Boutier B (2006) Role of particle sorption properties in the behavior and speciation of trace metals in macro tidal estuaries: The cadmium example. Handbook Environ Chem Ser 5:265-301
22. Hang X, Wang H, Zhou J, Du C, Chen X (2009) Characteristics and accumulation of heavy metals in sediments originated from an electroplating plant. J Hazard Mater 163:922-930
23. Howari FM, Banat KM (2001) Assessment of Fe, Zn, Cd, Hg, and Pb in the Jordan and Yarmouk River sediments in relation to their physicochemical properties and sequential extraction characterization. Water Air Soil Pollut 1321:43-59
24. Iwegbue CMA, Arimoro FO, Nwajei GE, Eguavoen OI (2012) Concentrations and distribution of trace metals in water and streambed sediments of Orogodo River, southern Nigeria. Soil Sediment Contam 213:382-406
25. Jain CK, Gupta H, Chakrapani G (2008) Enrichment and fractionation of heavy metals in bed sediments of River Narmada, India. Environ Monit Assess 141:35-47
26. Jingchun L, Chongling Y, Macnair MR, Jun H, Yuhong L (2006) Distribution and speciation of some metals in mangrove sediments from Jiulong River Estuary, People's Republic of China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 76:815-822
27. Jonasson IR (1977) Geochemistry of sediment/water interactions of metals, including observations on availability. In: Shear H, Watson AEP (eds) Proceedings of Workshop on the Fluvial Transport of Sediment-Associated Nutrients and Contaminants. International Joint Commission, Pollution from Land Use Activities Reference Group, Windsor, Ontario, pp 255-271
28. Kabala C, Singh BR (2001) Fractionation and mobility of copper, lead and zinc in soil profiles in the vicinity of a copper smelter. J Environ Qual 30:485-492
29. Karbassi AR, Monavari SM, Gh R, Nabi B, Nouri J, Nematpour K (2008) Metal pollution assessment of sediment and water in the Shur River. Environ Monit Assess 147:107-116
30. Karthikeyan R, Vijayalakshmi S, Balasubramanian T (2007) Monthly variations of heavy metals and metal resistant bacteria from the Uppanar estuary Southeast coast of India. Res J Microbiol 2:50-57
31. Kim KW, Myung JH, Ahn JS, Chon HT (1998) Heavy metal contamination in dusts and stream sediments in the Taejon area, Korea. J Geochem Explor 64:409-419
32. Kuang-Chung Y, Li-Jyur T, Shih-Hsiuns C, Shien-Tsong H (2001) Correlation analyses binding behavior of heavy metals with sediment matrices. Water Res 35:2417-2428
33. Li X, Shen Z, Wai OWH, Li YS (2001) Chemical forms of Pb, Zn and Cu in the sediment profiles of the Pearl River Estuary. Mar Pollut Bull 42:215-223
34. Lopez-Sanchez JF, Rubio R, Rauret G (1993) Comparison of two sequential extraction procedures for trace metal partitioning in sediments. Int J Environ Anal Chem 51:113-121
35. MacDonald DD, Ingersoll CG, Dawn ES, Rebekka AL (2003) Development and applications of sediment quality criteria for managing contaminated sediment in British Columbia. MacDonald Environmental Science Ltd., British Columbia
36. MacDonald DD, Scottcarr R, Calder FD, Long ER, Ingersoll CG (1996) Development and evalution of sediment quality guidelines for Florida coastal waters. Ecotoxicology 5:253-278
37. Madras Science Foundation (2000) Kaveri Riverine system - an environmental study. Madras Science Foundation, Chennai
38. Maina HM, Egila JN, Shagal MH (2012) Chemical speciation of some heavy metals in sediments in the vicinity of Ashaka Cement Factory, Gombe State, Nigeria. J Res Environ Sci Toxicol 1:186-194
39. Mathew M, Mohanraj R, Azeez PA, Pattabhi S (2003) Speciation of heavy metals in bed sediments of wetlands in urban Coimbatore, India. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 70:800-808
40. Nriagu JO, Pacyna JM (1988) Quantitative assessment of worldwide contamination of air, water and soils by trace metals. Nature 333:134-139
41. Oyeyiola AO, Olayinka KO, Alo BI (2011) Comparison of three sequential extraction protocols for the fractionation of potentially toxic metals in coastal sediments. Environ Monit Assess 172:319-327
42. Perin G, Craboledda L, Lucchese M, Cirillo R, Dotta L, Zanette ML (1985) Heavy metal speciation in the sediments of Northern Adriatic sea - a new approach for environmental toxicity determination. In: Lekkas TD (ed) Heavy metal in the environment, vol 2., CEP ConsultantsEdinburg, Scotland, pp 454-456
43. Pursty BG, Sahu KC, Godgul G (1994) Metal contamination due to mining and milling activities at the Zawar zinc mine, Rajasthan, India. Chem Geol 112:275-291
44. Pustisek N, Milacic R, Veber M (2001) Use of the BCR three-step sequential extraction procedure for the study of the partitioning of Cd, Pb, and Zn in various soil samples. J Soil Sediment 1:25-29
45. Quevauvaviller P (1998) Operationally defined extraction procedures for soil and sediment Analysis. Trends Anal Chem 17:289-298
46. Rajasegar M, Srinivasan M, Ajmal Khan S (2002) Distribution of sediment nutrients of Vellar estuary in relation to shrimp farming. Indian J Marine Sci 31:153-156
47. Rajendran RB, Subramanian AN (1999) Chlorinated pesticide residues in surface sediments from the river Kaveri, South India. J Environ Sci Health B 342:269-288
48. Rajendran A, Dileep Kumar M, Bakker JF (1992) Control of manganese and iron in Skagerrak sediments northeastern North Sea. Chem Geol 98:111-129
49. Ramanathan AL, Subramaian V, Vaithiyanathan P (1988) Chemical and sediment characteristics of the upper reaches of the Cauvery estuary. Indian J Marine Sci 17:114-120
50. Ramanathan AL, Vaithiyanathan P, Subramanian V, Das BK (1993) Geochemistry of the Cauvery Estuary, East Coast of India. Estuaries 16:459-474
51. Rauret G, Lopez-Sanchez JF, Sahuquillo A, Rubio R, Davidson C, Ure A et al (1999) Improvement of the BCR three step sequential extraction procedure prior to the certification of new sediment and soil reference materials. J Environ Monit 1:57-61
52. Reyes-Gutiérrez LR, Romero-Guzmán ET, Cabral-Prieto A, Rodríguez-Castillo R (2007) Characterization of chromium in contaminated soil studied by SEM, EDS, XRD and Mossbauer spectroscopy. J Miner Mater Charact Eng 7:59-70
53. Sakan S, Grnetic I, Worpevic D (2007) Distribution and fractionation of heavy metals in the Tisa Tisza River sediments. Environ Sci Pollut Res 14:229-236
54. Salomons W, Forstner U (1980) Trace metal analysis on polluted sediments. Part II, evaluation of environmental impact. Environ Technol Lett 1:506-517
55. Santos-Echeandia J, Laglera LM, Prego R, Constant MG, Berg VD (2008) Copper speciation in continental inputs to the Vigo Ria, Sewage discharges versus river fluxes. Mar Pollut Bull 56:308-317
56. Schuler LJ, Hoang TC, Rand GM (2008) Aquatic risk assessment of copper in freshwater and saltwater ecosystems of South Florida. Ecotoxicology 17:642-659
57. Senthilnathan S (2004) Micro level environmental status report of River Noyyal basin. Environmental cell division. Public Works Department, Coimbatore
58. Sharma S (1994) Productivity of some submerged macrophytes in relations to the physico-chemical characteristics of water and bottom sediments of lakes Mansar and Surinsar, Jammu. Doctoral thesis, University of Jammu, India
59. Singh AP, Srivastava PC, Srivastava P (2008) Relationships of heavy metals in natural lake waters with physico-chemical characteristics of waters and different chemical fractions of metals in sediments. Water Air Soil Pollut 188:181-193
60. Solaraj G, Dhanakumar S, Murthy KR, Mohanraj R (2010) Water quality in select regions of Cauvery delta River basin, southern India, with emphasis on monsoonal variation. Environ Monit Assess 166:435-444
61. Sundaray SK (2007) Water quality assessment of Mahanadi River, Orissa, India using multivariate statistical approach. Doctoral thesis, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar
62. Sundaray SK, Nayak BB, Lin S, Bhatta D (2011) Geochemical speciation and risk assessment of heavy metals in the river estuarine sediments - a case study, Mahanadi Basin India. J Hazard Mater 186:1837-1846
63. Sutherland RA, Tack FMG (2003) Fractionation of Cu, Pb, and Zn in certified reference soils SRM 2710 and SRM 2711 using the optimized BCR sequential extraction procedure. Adv Environ Res 8:37-50
64. Svete P, Milacic R, Pihlar B (2001) Partitioning of Zn, Pb, and Cd in river sediments from a lead and zinc mining area using the BCR three-step sequential extraction procedure. J Environ Monit 3:586-590
65. Taylor KG, Owens PN (2009) Sediments in urban river basins: a review of sediment-contaminant dynamics in an environmental system conditioned by human activities. J Soils Sediments 9:281-303
66. Tessier A, Cambell PGC, Bission M (1979) Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate traces metals. Anal Chem 51:844-851
67. United States Environmental Protection Agency (2004) Sewer sediment and control. Office of Research and Development, Edison, NJ
68. Walkley A, Black IA (1934) An examination of the Degljareff method for determining soil organic matter and a proposed modification of the chromic acid titration method. Soil Sci 37:29-38
69. Weisz M, Polyak K, Hlavay J (2000) Fractionation of elements in sediment samples collected in rivers and harbors at Lake Balaton and its catchment area. Microchem J 67:207-217
70. Wolters EC, Huang CC, Clark C (1989) Positron emission tomography in manganese intoxication. Ann Neurol 26:647-651
71. Xian X (1987) Chemical partitioning of cadmium, zinc, lead, and copper in soils near smelters. J Environ Sci Health A 226:527-541
72. Yang Y, Chen F, Zhang L, Liu J, Wu S, Kang M (2012) Comprehensive assessment of heavy metal contamination in sediment of the Pearl River Estuary and adjacent shelf. Mar Pollut Bull 64:1947-1955