Monitoring trace metal contamination in salt marshes of the Westerschelde estuary
Beeftink, W.G.; Nieuwenhuize, J. (1986). Monitoring trace metal contamination in salt marshes of the Westerschelde estuary. Environ. Monit. Assess. 7(3): 233-248. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00418016
In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Kluwer: Dordrecht. ISSN 0167-6369; e-ISSN 1573-2959, meer
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ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde
Chemical elements > Metals
Contamination
Contamination
Indicators > Pollution indicators
Monitoring > Environmental monitoring > Pollution monitoring
Pollution > Sediment pollution
Pollution > Water pollution > Brackishwater pollution
Taxa > Species > Indicator species
Temporal variations > Periodic variations > Seasonal variations
Trace elements > Trace metals
Vehicles > Surface craft > Ships > Merchant ships > Container ships
Water bodies > Coastal waters > Coastal landforms > Coastal inlets > Estuaries
Water bodies > Inland waters > Wetlands > Marshes > Salt marshes
Aster tripolium L. [WoRMS]
Westerschelde [Marine Regions]
Brak water |
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- Beeftink, W.G.
- Nieuwenhuize, J.
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| Abstract |
Problems in monitoring trace metals in the soil subsystem are due to variations in the input of these metals, the type of estuarine circulation and the distribution of physical and chemical conditions in the salt-marsh deposits. The degree of metal enrichment and the spectrum of chemical speciation of the metals by means of a sequential extraction procedure is shortly discussed. Problems in monitoring trace metals in salt-marsh plants are discussed with respect to the bioavailability of these metals from soil and inundation water as sources of contamination, the allocation and seasonal variation in metal accumulations, and the role of adhesive particulate matter carried on the shoots by the floods. Aster tripolium seems to be a good species for biomonitoring trace metals in the vegetational component of the salt-marsh ecosystem. |
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