Contaminated Sediments

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kassim, Tarek A. (Editor), Barceló, Damià (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry ; 5T
• Subjects: Environment.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Statistics.; Pollution.; Air pollution.; Pollution, general.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.

When discussing the issue of contamination of the aquatic environment, water pollution is still the major aspect that has been regulated and extensively studied, but poor attention has been devoted to sediments. Sediments have been described as the sink or storage place and a source for contaminants...

Table of Contents:

• The Influence of Contaminated Sediments on Sustainable Use of the Planet
• Chlorinated and Brominated Organic Pollutants in Contaminated River Sediments
• Effects of Static vs. Tidal Hydraulic Conditions on Biogeochemical Processes in Mesocosms: Degradation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons (AHs)
• Marine Sediment Toxicity Identification Evaluations (TIEs): History, Principles, Methods, and Future Research
• Nucleic Acid-Based Techniques for Studying Diversity and Activity of Bacterial Communities in Oil-Contaminated Sediments
• Steady-State Model of Chemical Migration in a Sediment Cap.