Integrated environmental assessment of freshwater sediments: A chemical and ecotoxicological approach at the Alqueva reservoir

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-223

  Palma, P ^a,b   Ledo, L ^a   Soares, S ^a,c   Barbosa, I R ^d   Alvarenga, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BEJA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alqueva reservoir; Risk assessment; Sediment toxicity; Toxic trace elements; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ALQUEVA RESERVOIR; GUADIANA BASIN; PORTUGAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA MAGNA; HETEROCYPRIS INCONGRUENS; THAMNOCEPHALUS PLATYURUS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

FRESH WATER; METAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PH; PORTUGAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PORTUGAL; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896719294     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-013-9559-2     Document Type: Article

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