A case of arsenic contamination has recently been detected in the Lami coastal environment during the course of a heavy metal monitoring in Fiji’s coastal environment. Twenty two surficial sediment samples were sampled during the 20082009 period, extracted for arsenic and analysed using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Two sites within the Lami estuary recorded the highest As le...

Surface sediment samples obtained from 46 sites of the Unete River in Casanare (Colombia) were analyzed to evaluate concentrations heavy metals As, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn as well determine their geographic spatial distribution potential ecological risk. The measured compared with background values (BV), threshold effect concentration (TEC) probable (PEC) consensus-based Sediment quality criteria gui...

In order to clarify the distribution characteristics and potentially environmental effect of phosphorus (P) chemical speciation in river sediments from a typical geological P-rich (GPR) watershed, South China. Forty-eight sediment samples collected Huangbai River Yichang city, Hubei province. The levels TP wathershed were remarkably higher than those most Chinese lakes, reservoirs, river. Ca-P ...

A number of sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) have been developed for relating chemical concentrations in sediment to their potential for effects on benthic macroinvertebrates, but there have been few studies evaluating the relative effectiveness of different SQG approaches. Here we apply 6 empirical SQG approaches to assess how well they predict toxicity in California sediments. Four of the S...

Organochlorinated pesticides (OCPs) and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the surface sediments from shrimp ponds four regions of northern part Central Java coast (namely Brebes, Tegal, Pemalang, Pekalongan) were investigated. The highest concentration ? OCPs was found Brebes Regency, ranging 68.1 ± 3.4 to 168.1 9.8 ?g kg?1 dw. As indicated by DDT ratio chlordane ratio, value suggested that t...

Total mercury (Hg) concentration and several other geochemical parameters were determined for five sediment profiles from the Antarctic Ross Sea region. Our data exhibit significant positive correlations between Hg concentration and total organic carbon (TOC) content in all profiles, suggesting the predominant role of organic matter (OM) as a Hg carrier. The OM in the sediments originates prima...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the priority controlling list of US EPA were systematically evaluated in surface sediments in Dianchi Lake and its estuaries. Total PAH concentrations (ΣPAHs) varied from 210 to 11,070 ng/g dry weight (d.w.) in Dianchi Lake, and from 230 to 12,271 ng/g d.w. in the estuaries. ΣPAHs in sediments from Caohai section were higher than those from Waihai sect...

Tourism-related activities such as the heavy use of boats for transportation are a significant source of petroleum hydrocarbons that may harm the ecosystem of Langkawi Island. The contamination and toxicity levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) in the sediments of Langkawi were evaluated using sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) and toxic equivalent factors. Ten samples were collected ...