Assessment of trace element pollution and its environmental risk to freshwater sediments influenced by anthropogenic contributions: The case study of Alqueva reservoir (Guadiana Basin)

Catena

Volumn 128, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-184

  Palma, Patrícia ^a,b   Ledo, Lídia ^a   Alvarenga, Paula ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BEJA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alqueva reservoir; Enrichment factor; Freshwater sediments; Geoaccumulation index; Risk assessment code; Sequential extraction procedure

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; MINING; MOBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALQUEVA RESERVOIR; GUADIANA BASIN; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84922623039     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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